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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 5078171, member: 85693"]Really nice tets in this thread. I have only AEs. They look a lot like the OP...except they are bronze and really cruddy:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1202292[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Maroneia, Thrace Æ 17</b></p><p><b>Roman Rule</b></p><p><b>(c. 146-45 B.C.)</b></p><p>Wreathed head of Dionysos right / M[APΩNI]TΩN, Dionysos standing left, holding bunch of grapes and narthex (giant fennel) stalks, monogram lower left.</p><p>Schönert-Geiss Maroneia 1566; BMC 80; SNG Cop 645.</p><p>(6.06 grams / 17 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's another, bigger, greener example:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1202293[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Maroneia, Thrace Æ 24</b></p><p><b>(c. 150-100 B.C.) </b></p><p>Wreathed head of Dionysos / ΔIONIΣOY ΣΩTHPOΣ MAPΩNITΩN, Dionysos naked</p><p>standing left, holding grapes and two spears; ΡΔY monogram. </p><p>SNG Cop 643 var. (monogram); BMC Thrace p. 130, 74; Schönert-Geiss 1434 ff.</p><p>(9.12 grams / 24 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the biggest one, at 29 mm. It has suffered:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1202295[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Maroneia, Thrace Æ 29</b></p><p><b>(after 146 B.C.) </b></p><p>Wreathed head of Dionysos / [ΔIONYΣOΣ ΣΩTHΡOΣ?] to right &left of Dionysos, naked, standing left, holding bunch of grapes and two spears; [PAY monogram at bottom left?]. </p><p>Schoenert-Geiss 1504-1507; BMC 74 (attribution uncertain).</p><p>(14.83 grams / 29 x 24 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 5078171, member: 85693"]Really nice tets in this thread. I have only AEs. They look a lot like the OP...except they are bronze and really cruddy: [ATTACH=full]1202292[/ATTACH] [B]Maroneia, Thrace Æ 17 Roman Rule (c. 146-45 B.C.)[/B] Wreathed head of Dionysos right / M[APΩNI]TΩN, Dionysos standing left, holding bunch of grapes and narthex (giant fennel) stalks, monogram lower left. Schönert-Geiss Maroneia 1566; BMC 80; SNG Cop 645. (6.06 grams / 17 mm) Here's another, bigger, greener example: [ATTACH=full]1202293[/ATTACH] [B]Maroneia, Thrace Æ 24 (c. 150-100 B.C.) [/B] Wreathed head of Dionysos / ΔIONIΣOY ΣΩTHPOΣ MAPΩNITΩN, Dionysos naked standing left, holding grapes and two spears; ΡΔY monogram. SNG Cop 643 var. (monogram); BMC Thrace p. 130, 74; Schönert-Geiss 1434 ff. (9.12 grams / 24 mm) This is the biggest one, at 29 mm. It has suffered: [ATTACH=full]1202295[/ATTACH] [B]Maroneia, Thrace Æ 29 (after 146 B.C.) [/B] Wreathed head of Dionysos / [ΔIONYΣOΣ ΣΩTHΡOΣ?] to right &left of Dionysos, naked, standing left, holding bunch of grapes and two spears; [PAY monogram at bottom left?]. Schoenert-Geiss 1504-1507; BMC 74 (attribution uncertain). (14.83 grams / 29 x 24 mm)[/QUOTE]
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