A New Coin of the Mint of Marisa

Abstract

Two bronze coins bearing an Athena head obverse strongly reminiscent of the autonomous
mint of Marisa were found in excavations at Tel Maresha. Though the attribution of the coins
to the mint of Marisa seems certain, because of their context and the general numismatic
profile of the coins found at Maresha, it is more likely that the type is to be attributed to the
Seleucid rather than the autonomous series.