Description: Thrace, Maroneia, 146 BC - 1st century AD. Head of Herakles right with club behind over his shoulder / MAPΩ-NITΩN; bridled horse galloping right, monogram above.

Diameter: AE19 mm

Weight: 6,8 g

Grade: aVF/VF

Attribution: SNG Cop 634 var (monogram); BMC Thrace, p. 131, 87 var (same)

Commentary: very rare; dark green glossy patina, good centering, good details

History: Hipparchia of Maroneia moved with her family to Athens where she became a wife of famous Cynic philosopher Crates, living with him in poverty on the street of Athens; she had been philosopher herself and the only woman mentioned in Diogenes Laërtius' "Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers".

Article Number: 041-08-03-41652