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Stater - Ebesas
| Issuer | Maroneia |
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| Year | 400 BC - 377 BC |
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| Currency | Aeginetic drachm |
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| Obverse description | Prancing horse rearing to the left, rendered in high relief with finely detailed musculature and flowing mane. The forelegs are raised dynamically, conveying vigorous motion characteristic of Thracian equestrian coinage. An astragalos (knucklebone) symbol is placed in the upper right field behind the horse. The flan is irregular in outline, consistent with hand-hammered production of the period. No legend appears on the obverse. |
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| Mintage | ND (400 BC - 377 BC) |
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Maroneia, the Thracian coastal colony founded by settlers from Chios, built its wealth almost entirely on wine — and its coinage reflects that dependency with unusual consistency across two centuries. The late fifth and early fourth centuries BCE were commercially active ones for the city, as Aegean trade routes kept Maroneian silver in circulation well beyond its immediate region. This stater falls within the magistrate series catalogued by Schönert-Geiss, where individual issuing names appear on the coinage as a mark of civic accountability — Ebesas being one of the less frequently attested names in that sequence, which bears directly on relative scarcity.