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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Thrace & Moesia| > |Maroneia| > SH63583
Maroneia, Thrace, 377 - 365 B.C.
|Maroneia|, |Maroneia,| |Thrace,| |377| |-| |365| |B.C.|, Maroneia was on the Aegean coast about midway between the mouths of the Hebrus and the Nestus rivers. The city was named after Maron, sometimes identified as a son of Dionysos, who in the Odyssey gives Odysseus the wine with which he intoxicates Polyphemos. Maroneia was famous for its wine, which was esteemed everywhere and was said to possess the odor of nectar.
SH63583. Silver triobol, Schönert-Geiss 251 (V39/R46), SNG Cop 616 (different dies), VF, Maroneia (Maroneia-Sapes, Greece) mint, weight 2.586g, maximum diameter 15.3mm, die axis 90o, 377 - 365 B.C.; obverse Forepart of horse prancing left, A-N-Θ around; reverse grape bunch on vine with leaves and tendrils, kantharos lower left, MA lower right; all within dotted square within shallow incuse square; SOLD




  







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