148 BC - 45 BC

Maroneia   Thracia   Dominium Romanum
Μαρώνεια   Θράκη   Ρωμαϊκή Κυριαρχεία


 AE 18
SHH 4771

uncleaned
4771 Maroneia Thracia AE uncleaned

cleaned
4771 Maroneia Thracia AE cleaned

ground
4771 Maroneia Thracia AE ground

Parameter












Obverse
Reverse

Notes
Reference
8.40 g   17.2-18.6mm   12:00 o'clock   F

uncleaned:
t = 4.4-5.3 mm   w = 8.44 g;  ρ = 8.48 g/cm^3   σ(960 Hz) obv. 5.2-5.6 rev. 6.0-6-6 MS/m

cleaned:
t = 4.5-5.3 mm   w = 8.40 g;  ρ = 8.12 g/cm^3   σ(960 Hz) obv. 4.7-5.7 rev. 5.3-6.6 MS/m
                                                                     σ(120 Hz) obv.            rev. 6.5-7.2 MS/m

XRF %
Au
Ag
Cu
Sn
Zn
Pb
As

S
Cl
P
Na
Ca
Fe
Si Sb
obv. 0.0 0.7
40.3
16.1
0.0 24.4
1.9

2.2
0.2
1.5
0.3
4.2
2.6
2.7
2.3
rev.
0.0
0.2
68.3
4.7
0.0
14.6
0.7

1.5
0.2
1.0
0.0
3.4
0.9
3.6
1.0

Head of young Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy and with band across forehead.
Dionysos, naked, standing left, holding grapes and two narthex wands;
[Μ]ΑΡΩΝΙΤ[ΩΝ] downward to right.
Coin surfaces roughly ground to remove the patina.
BMC
Thrace 78/82 (2nd-1st centuries BC); Copenhagen II 645/646 (after 146 BC);
McClean 3981/3982 (after 146 BC); Lindgren 805 (Imperial Times); Moushmov 3942;
Schönert-Geiss 1511/1639 (148-45 B); Sear Greek  ---;
Tuebingen 888/891
(2nd-1st centuries BC)