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Drachm
| Issuer | Maroneia |
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| Year | 510 BC - 490 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Schönert-Geiss#11-17, Weber#2326, BMC Greek#4, BostonMFA#805, CN type#513 |
| Obverse description | A horse in a prancing or walking pose occupies the central field, depicted in archaic Greek style with bold, schematic musculature. The animal faces left with its body shown in profile, rendered with the characteristic stiffness of late Archaic coinage from the northern Aegean. A dotted border frames the design along the coin's periphery. The type reflects Maroneia's early civic coinage tradition, the horse being the city's principal emblematic type. The flan is irregular, as typical of hammered silver issues of this period. |
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| Reverse description | A large multi-rayed star or wheel pattern is displayed within a square incuse punch, a technique characteristic of early Archaic Greek coinage. The rays radiate symmetrically from a central raised boss, filling the square compartment with bold, deeply struck lines. The incuse square itself is subdivided, with portions of the interior showing a granular or hatched texture. This incuse reverse is consistent with the mill-sail or stellate types documented for early Maroneia drachms in the late 6th to early 5th century BC. No legend is present on the reverse. |
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| Mintage | ND (510 BC - 490 BC) |
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