Maroneia   Thracia
Μαρώνεια   Θράκη

AE 12

SHH 6771

Parameter Obverse Reverse Notes Reference Provenance

1.78 g   11.9-12.3 mm   1.8 eqmm   7:00 o'clock   VF   centering - / - σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 4.3, rev. 5.4 MS/m Macedonian helmet right. Wreath, A below. Selene Psoma (2008, p. 213-215) attributes this coin to a military issue of Agathocles, son of Lysimachus, during his reign over the city of Maroneia, where 9 specimens of this type were found during excavations. It is also suggested that the city was named Aga- thocleia during this period, and renamed Maroneia after the death of Agathocles 282 BC. Psoma (2008) M257 Ex Numismatik Naumann (NN) 67/61, 1.7.2018