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Stater - Apelles
| Issuer | Maroneia |
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| Year | 386 BC - 347 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Horse prancing to left, rendered in high relief with finely detailed musculature, flowing mane, and tail curled upward. The animal is depicted in a vigorous, lively pose with both forelegs raised, characteristic of the accomplished die-engraving tradition of Thracian coastal mints. The field is plain, with no legend or additional device. The flan is broad and slightly irregular, consistent with hand-struck coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Maroneia, the Thracian coastal city near the mouth of the Hebros, derived much of its monetary output from proximity to the silver sources of the Pangaion range — the same deposits that would later fuel Macedonian expansion under Philip II. This stater was struck during a period when Maroneia maintained genuine commercial independence, issuing coinage in its own name before Macedonian pressure reshaped the regional power balance entirely. The magistrate name Apelles places this piece within a specific administrative moment the city would not long retain.