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  [Image]                               Item Sold At Auction #7
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                  Web Product ID: 1457
                  Estimate: $200.00
                  Final Sale Price: $286.00
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                  Denomination: Tetrobol
                  Grade: Good VF
                  Reference: Schönert-Geiss 258




  Thrace, Maroneia. Circa 398-385 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.72 gm). Forepart of horse left,
  K-A / Grape-bunch and vine, M-A. Schönert-Geiss 258. Good VF. Estimate $200.



  Situated on the southern coast of Thrace, about 30 miles east of Abdera, Maroneia was
  settled by colonists from Chios. The place was named for Maron, a legendary priest of
  Apollo, who features in the Odyssey as the bestower of gifts on Odysseus. Maroneia
  was renowned for the excellent quality of its wine and vines feature prominently on
  its coinage. The horse appears to have been the special emblem of the city though its
  precise significance is uncertain. The reverse type of a vine within a square frame,
  typical of the later issues of the mint, first appears on tetradrachms and smaller
  denominations of the 430s.


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