Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 251. Jan 10, 2005. Sold For $6500 

THRACE, Maroneia. Circa 411/0-398/7 BC. AR 
Tetradrachm (12.92 gm, 7h). Deounys, magistrate. 
Horse rearing left, trailing rein; DEOUNUS above; 
all within wreath of ivy / MAR-WN-ITE-WN:, grape 
arbor in linear square; all within shallow incuse 
square. Schönert-Geiss -; West -; BMC Thrace -; 
SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Lockett -. Near EF, obverse 
die shift, overstruck on uncertain type. Unique. 

An enigmatic coin, but certainly within Schönert-Geiss's 
period VI. The magistrate is known on a single example, 
which is in period VI (Schönert-Geiss 158); the reverse die 
must have been engraved by the same hand as that of Schönert-
Geiss 167; and the weight is consistent with the tetradrachms of that period. 
The ivy wreath on the obverse is unconventional. If it is 
linked to an historical event, then it was one of local 
significance. The only other coinage at Maroneia that may be 
related to this issue is the extremely rare gold issue 
(Schönert-Geiss 597), dated generally to the subsequent 
two periods. The gold coins have the same obverse and 
reverse types, horse rearing left and grape arbor 
surrounded by the legend. Also interesting is the grape-
bunch-on-vine above the horse. The additional crescent 
beneath the horse may indicate the magistrate, whose name 
would not fit the small flan. 

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