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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Marathos |
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| Year | 300 BC - 100 BC |
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| Reference(s) | HGC 10#184, BMC Greek#6033 |
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| Reverse description | The eponymous hero Marathos depicted nude, seated to the left upon a pile of shields, his chlamys (military cloak) draped over his left arm. In his right hand he holds an aphlaston (the curved stern ornament of a ship), symbolizing maritime prowess, and in his left hand a reed. The Greek ethnic legend ΜΑΡΑΘΗΝΩΝ appears in the field, accompanied by a two-letter date control mark ΘΡ. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Marathos was a Phoenician city on a small island just off the Syrian coast, connected to the mainland by a causeway. It maintained its own autonomous coinage for longer than most Phoenician cities, continuing to strike silver well into the period when Seleucid authority was tightening across the region. The city was eventually destroyed by the neighboring city of Arados — its bitter rival — around 148 BC, which places a hard terminus on this coinage and makes later dates in the production range considerably scarcer than earlier ones.