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1/2 Stater - Stasioikos II
| Issuer | Marion |
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| Year | 315 BC - 312 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | B Σ |
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| Mintage | ND (315 BC - 312 BC) |
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Marion was a Cypriot city-kingdom that found itself caught between competing Macedonian successors in the wars following Alexander's death. Stasioikos II, its last king, made the fatal decision to back Antigonus against Ptolemy — a choice that ended with Ptolemy's general Seleucus razing Marion entirely around 312 BC and deporting its population to Paphos. This coin was struck during those final years of the kingdom's existence.
Surviving gold issues from Marion are rare precisely because the city ceased to exist so abruptly. Ptolemy's destruction was thorough enough that no subsequent local mint continued production.