148 BC - 45 BC

Maroneia   Thracia
Μαρώνεια   Θράκη
 AE 25
 SHH 4768

uncleaned
4768 Maroneia Thracia AE uncleaned

cleaned
4768 Maroneia Thracia AE cleaned

ground
4768 Maroneia Thracia AE ground

Parameter












Obverse
Reverse


Notes
Reference
 7.91 g   24.1-26.7 mm  12:00 o'clock   F

uncleaned:
t = 2.1-3.1 mm   w = 7.90 g;  ρ = 7.94 g/cm^3   σ(960 Hz) obv. 5.1-5.4 rev. 5.1-6.1 MS/m

cleaned:
t = 2.0-3.1 mm   w = 7.91 g;  ρ = 7.36 g/cm^3   σ(960 Hz) obv. 4.8-6.0 rev. 4.2-6.0 MS/m
                                                                     σ(120 Hz) obv.            rev. 5.5-6.2 MS/m
XRF %
 Au
 Ag
 Cu
 Sn
 Zn
 Pb
 As
S
 Cl
 P
 Na
 Ca
 Fe
 Si Sb
obv. 0.0 0.2
 32.0
 35.8
 0.0 14.5
 0.5
0.8
 0.2
 1.5
 1.7
 9.9
 0.8
 1.9
 0.3
rev.
 0.0
 0.2
 41.7
 29.0
 0.0
 14.4
 0.7
0.9
 0.2
 1.5
 0.0
 9.0
 0.8
 2.5
 0.2

Head of young Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy and with band across forehead.
Dionysos, naked, standing left, holding grapes and two narthex wands;
chlamys wrapped round left arm; monogramm [???] in lower left field;
ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ downward on right; [Σ]ΩΤΗΡΟΣ on left; ΜΑ[ΡΩ]ΝΙΤΩΝ in exergue.
Coin surfaces roughly ground to remove the patina.
Ashmolean IV ---; BMC Thrace 72/74 (2nd-1st c. BC);
Christomanos I 77/78 (189-45 BC); Copenhagen II 643/644 (after 146 BC);
Evelpidis I 970/973 (aprés 148 BC); Head p.251 (after 148 BC);
Lindgren I 804 (Roman Times); Milano VI/3 139/144 (189-45 BC); Moushmov 3941;
Schönert-Geiss 1354/1511; Sear Greek 1638 (aftre 148 BC);
Tuebingen II 886 (2nd-1st c. BC)