GALLOPING HORSE AND RIDER ANCIENT GREEK COIN PENDANT

IN 14KY GOLD

400 - 350 B.C.

This is a stunningly well-preserved ancient bronze Greek coin pendant featuring an equestrian theme.  Galloping across the face of this ancient Greek coin is the city of Maroneia's ancient mascot, a beautiful prancing horse and rider.   Coin has been mounted in a high polished 14K yellow gold pendant setting which wonderfully contrasts with the dark rich green bronze coin.  Detail is superb even down to the minute detail of the beaded decoration on the horse's mane!  The awesome two-tone patina over the bronze really makes the fantastic classic Greek art stand out.  A very affordable piece of AUTHENTIC ancient art!

Maroneia was a farming and trade center founded at the foot of Mt. Ismaros on the southern coast of Thrace, about 30 miles east of Abdera, in the 7th century B.C. by colonists from the island of Chios.  The place was named for Maron, a legendary priest of Apollo, who features in the Odyssey as the bestower of gifts on Odysseus.  Maroneia was renowned for the excellent quality of its wine and vines feature prominently on its coinage.  Mythology relates that Odysseus got the Cyclops drunk on red wine from Ismaros.  The horse appears to have been the special emblem of the city though its precise significance is uncertain.  It reached its zenith in the 5th century B.C. and, together with Abdera and Aino, was considered the most prosperous city-state in Thrace.  

Overall diameter is 17 mm.  

CPG013     SOLD     COMES WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY / HISTORY SHEET

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