Description: GREECE ANCIENT,MARONEIA,THRACE 1 UNIT(400-350 BCE),HORSE PRANCING,GREEK WRITING,FAMED FOR ITS STRONG WINE,BRONZE UNITS WEIGHT:g SIZE:mm METAL:BRONZE Maroneia was a city famed for its strong wine which smelled of nectar, named after Maron, a son of the god of wine Dionysius. In Homer's Odyssey, Odysseus is given twelve jars of this sweet and unmixed wine as a reward for not sacking the shrine of Apollo in the city. The wine was reputed to be so strong it could be diluted into twenty parts of water and still retain its famed nectar-like smell, just like the wine used by Odysseus to subdue the Cyclops, earlier in his voyage . A vine leaf is featured on the reverse of this coin.Maroneia is a village and a former municipality in Rhodope regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Maroneia-Sapes, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 287.155 km². Population 6,350
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Primary Material: Bronze
Country/Region of Origin: Greece
Material: Bronze
Provenance: MARONEIA,THRACE
Brand: UNKNOWN
Style: Greek
Color: UNKNOWN
Original/Reproduction: Original
