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)