Abstract:Summary. — The author presents the problem of attribution of the bronze coins with the monogram Ř , found during the excavations on the sites of Abdera and Maroneia, and proposes a city named Agathocleia or Agathopolis as a probable mint. This city, otherwise unknown by the litterary sources, may either be placed somewhere between Abdera and Maroneia or be identified with a well known city of the Thracian coast, as Maroneia or Orthagoreia, who could have changed name to Agathopolis or Agathocleia for a short t… Show more
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