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Tetradrachm - Zenon
| Issuer | Maroneia |
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| Year | 386 BC - 347 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse lettering | ΜΑ |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Maroneia, perched on the Thracian coastline between the Aegean and the densely forested interior, drew its wealth from wine production renowned enough to appear in ancient sources including Homer. The city's silver coinage of this period reflects genuine commercial ambition — Thracian mints competed aggressively for regional trade circulation, and the tetradrachm format was the instrument of that competition.
Schönert-Geiss 481 places this piece within a tightly documented sequence. Gerda Schönert-Geiss's 1987 corpus on Maroneian coinage remains the definitive die study for the series.