Watch List notes:

THRACE, Maroneia. Circa 365-330s BC. AR Stater (24mm, 11.31 g, 1h). Persic standard. Hegesagores, magistrate. Free horse rearing left; above, eagle standing left / Grape arbor in linear square; EΠI HΓHΣ-AΓOPEΩ above and below; all within shallow incuse square. Schönert-Geiss Period VIII, 501 (V40/R66); HGC 3, 1533; BMC 22 (same dies); McClean 3957 (same dies). Attractive cabinet tone, a hint of die wear on obverse. EF. Very rare issue, only three examples noted by Schönert-Geiss, all in public collections (Cambridge, Berlin, and London), and four in CoinArchives.


From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 45 (18 March 1998), lot 257; Classical Numismatic Review XXII.3 (Fall/Winter 1997), no. 20.