148 BC - 45 BC

Maroneia   Thracia   Dominium Romanum
Μαρώνεια   Θράκη   Ρωμαϊκή Κυριαρχεία
 AE 19
 SHH 4773

uncleaned
4773 Maroneia Thracia AE uncleaned

cleaned
4773 Maroneia Thracia AE cleaned

Parameter












Obverse
Reverse

Notes
Reference
 7.11 g   17.9-20.1mm   12:00 o'clock   G

 uncleaned:
t = 3.2-4.3 mm   w = 7.16 g;  ρ = 8,37 g/cm^3   σ(960 Hz) obv. 5.0-6.4 rev. 4.9-5.8 MS/m

cleaned:
t = 3.2-4.3 mm   w = 7.11 g;  ρ = 8,03 g/cm^3   σ(960 Hz) obv. 5.3-6.0 rev. 4.8-6.2 MS/m
                                                                     σ(120 Hz) obv. 6.2-6.5 rev. 6.0-7.0 MS/m
XRF %
 Au
 Ag
 Cu
 Sn
 Zn
 Pb
 As
S
 Cl
 P
 Na
 Ca
 Fe
 Si Sb
obv. 0.0 0.0
 42.5
 37.3
 0.0 0.3
 0.5
0.2
 0.1
 1.7
 2.7
 10.4
 2.5
 1.5
 0.0
rev.
 0.0
 0.0
 49.8
 30.8
 0.0
 0.3
 0.4
0.3
 0.2
 0.7
 1.7
 5.8
 2.8
 7.1
 0.0

Head of young Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy and with band across forehead.
Dionysos, naked, standing left, holding grapes and two narthex wands;
[ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ] 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)