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Stater - Dionysos
| Issuer | Maroneia |
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| Year | 411 BC - 397 BC |
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| Value | Silver Stater (2) |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Maroneia, a Thasian colony on the Thracian coast, was producing this stater type during a period of intense pressure from both Macedon and the Odrysian kingdom to its north. The city's prosperity rested almost entirely on its wine exports — Maroneia's vintages were famous enough to appear in ancient literary sources, including a passage in the Odyssey that some ancient commentators associated with the region. That economic identity shaped the city's coinage for generations.
Schönert-Geiss 156–157 distinguishes two closely related die groupings within this type, suggesting continuous production across the full date range rather than a single emission.