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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Theodosius, post: 2735157, member: 77077&quot;]I have been looking for a nice Maroneia stater for a while and found this one with James Beach at the winter FUN show. I really like how alive the horse looks, running away from his owner, trailing his loose rein. This is what my rascally old horse did when given the chance. The artist really captured the sense of motion and the musculature of the horse in this 1 inch canvas. Staters with the horse&#039;s tail down seem to be much less common than those with the tail up.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also like the archaic feel of the grape vine within an incuse square. This coin is from 380ish BC, which is well after the archaic art period for most Greek coins.&nbsp; They may have continue to use this design because it was traditional or because it was well known and made the coins easily accepted in Thrace and the&nbsp; surrounds. There are several cities in this area that used a reverse incuse square with inscription wrapping around a central design, and I am working on collecting all the different types.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin had a bunch of black material adhering to it that distracted from the design, especially in an enlarged photo, so I took the plunge and cleaned it with distilled water and a soft toothbrush. Most of it came right off, so I doubt it was truly ancient junk. Not something I would usually do to an expensive coin, but I think it was a worthwhile improvement.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]623123[/ATTACH]</p><p>Thrace, Maroneia</p><p>AR Stater, 385-360 BC, 12.81 gms</p><p>Obverse: Horse prancing left with loose rein</p><p>Reverse: Linear square with vine and bunches of grapes</p><p>Schönert-Geiss 165, S-1631</p><p>Ex. James Beach, 2017</p><p>Ex. Kerry Wetterstrom, purchased from CNG in the 1990s</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your coins of Maroneia, or coins with an incuse square reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>John[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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