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Tetradrachm - Metrophon
| Issuer | Maroneia (Thrace) |
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| Year | 436 BC - 410 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | A horse prancing to the right in high relief, rendered with naturalistic musculature and a prominent mane depicted in fine parallel strokes. A small circular symbol, likely a wheel or rondel, appears in the upper left field above the horse's back. The design is set within a plain incuse border, characteristic of early Thracian coinage, with the coin's irregular flan showing the robust hammered technique of the period. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Maroneia, the Thracian coastal city whose wine was famous enough to appear in Homer, struck these tetradrachms during a period of intense commercial competition with neighboring Thasos along the northern Aegean trade routes. The magistrate name Metrophon appearing on this issue is one of several identifying a series of civic officials responsible for coinage authorization — a naming convention that helps scholars sequence the chronology of Maronean output across the fifth century.
Schönert-Geiss's classification of types 143–144 places this piece within a tightly defined stylistic group distinguished by subtle die variations.