Horse & Vine/Tree, Maroneia Thrace

Here is another ancient for me to bother you with

This BY FAR the oldest coin I've ever attributed.* I believe it's a Thracian issue of the famous Prancing Horse, Olive Tree motif.* A pretty common one but still neat to find and clean in a group of uncleaned Judean coins. It's 16mm and 5.3g's in size, looks to be bronze.

Thanks for looking
Ben

 

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Bone,
I believe this is your second one of these.It's from Thrace for sure but the area is Maroneia...hence the MAR on the left side and the Omega (O) N & I on the top ...MARONI.Those are not olive trees,they are grape vines.Maroneia was famous for it's horses and wine.
Remember this?
http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=15147

 

Yep, it's #2. The first one bought and now this one cleaned up

B

 

Ben what can I say :bow: :bow: that looks superb mate it realy does.

De Orc :kewl:

 

Thanks Buddy, I wish you could have seen it before I began cleaning it. It was just a lump...

Ben

 

I love these coins.They are about the cheapest 2400 year old coins money can buy and the artistry of the horse prancing design can be amazing.

 

Gorgeous, simply gorgeous!!!:thumb:

Ben