Drachm

Maroneia, the Thracian coastal city credited in ancient sources as the site of Odysseus's famous encounter with the Cicones, was producing coinage by the late sixth century BC — making this among the earliest issues from the northern Aegean littoral. The city's prosperity derived almost entirely from its wine, exported widely enough that Maronean vintages are mentioned by name in Herodotus and later in Homer's Odyssey as the gift wine carried by Odysseus himself.

The Schönert-Geiss die study identified seven distinct obverse dies across types 11–17, suggesting relatively modest but sustained output during this twenty-year window.