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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 1987901, member: 44132&quot;]I purchased this coin on Wednesday and it arrived today.&nbsp; First, I did buy this coin for the huge amount of $10 plus $3 shipping.&nbsp; It was one of those coins that goes without any bids.&nbsp; I surmised the reason it was not garnering any attention was the seller&#039;s images.&nbsp; The obverse showed damaging &quot;scratches&quot; across the face and hair.&nbsp; However, on further examination, it looked more the image was of the coin inside the plastic flip which is what had the scratches.&nbsp; So I decided to take the chance and bid the opening and only bid it received.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first images are mine while the second are the seller&#039;s images.&nbsp; I think you can see what I&#039;m talking about.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]355522[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]355523[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]355524[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]355525[/ATTACH] </p><p>MARONEIA, THRACE AE24&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; Wreathed head of Dionysos right&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; Dionysos standing naked, holding bunch of grapes and two narthex wands, monogram to lower left, Greek legend DIONYSOU SOTIROS MARONITON (&quot;of Dionysos, saviour of the Maroneans&quot;)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>Struck at Maroneia 148 BC&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>10.94g, 24mm&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>Sear 1638</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Maroneia</b> </p><p><br /></p><p>In legend, it was said to have been founded by Maron, a son of Dionysus, or even a companion of Osiris. According to Pseudo-Scymnus it was founded by Chios in the first half of the 6th century BC. According to Pliny, its ancient name was <i>Ortagures</i>. It was located on the hill of Aghios Gheorgis, and archaeological findings date it as a much older and as a pure Thracian city.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maroneia was close to the Ismaros mentioned by Homer in the Odissey<font size="2">.</font> Some scholars identify Maroneia with his Ismaros. Homer has Odysseus plundering the city but sparing Maron, whom he identifies as a priest of APOLLO. Maron presents Odysseus with a gift of wine, as well as with gold and silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the era of Ancient Greece and Rome, Maroneia was famous for its wine production. The wine was esteemed everywhere; it was said to possess the odor of nectar<font size="2">,</font> and to be capable of mixture with twenty or more times its quantity with water.That the people of Maroneia venerated Dionysus, we learn not just from its famous Dionysian Sanctuary, the foundations of which can still be seen today, but also from the city&#039;s coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 200 BC it was taken by Philip V of Macedon, who vented his rage by slaughtering a great number of the city&#039;s inhabitants. The Roman Republic subsequently granted Maroneia to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attalus_I_Soter" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attalus_I_Soter" rel="nofollow">Attalus</a>, King of Pergamon, but almost immediately revoked their gift and declared it a free city.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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