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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Macedonia| > |Koinon of Macedonia| > SH65202
Koinon of Macedonia, Reign of Gordian III, 238 - 244 A.D., Alexander and Bucephalus
|Koinon| |of| |Macedonia|, |Koinon| |of| |Macedonia,| |Reign| |of| |Gordian| |III,| |238| |-| |244| |A.D.,| |Alexander| |and| |Bucephalus|, Plutarch tells the story of how, in 344 B.C. Philonicus the Thessalian, a horse dealer, offered a massive wild stallion to Alexander's father, King Philip II. Since no one could tame the animal, Philip was not interested. Alexander, however, seeing that the horse was afraid of his own shadow, promised to pay for the horse himself should he fail to tame it. He was given a chance and surprised all by subduing it. Alexander spoke soothingly to the horse and turned it towards the sun so that it could no longer see its shadow. Eventually, Bucephalus allowed Alexander to ride him. Embarrassed, Philip commented, "O my son, look thee out a kingdom equal to and worthy of thyself, for Macedonia is too little for thee." Alexander named the horse Bucephalus because the horse's head seemed "as broad as a bull's." Bucephalus died of battle wounds in 326 B.C., in Alexander's last battle. Alexander founded the city of Bucephala (thought to be the modern town of Jhelum, Pakistan) in memory of his wonderful horse.
SH65202. Bronze AE 25, AMNG III 724; cf. BMC Macedonia p. 22, 102 (one neokoros); SNG Cop -; SNG Hunterian -; SNG Bar -; SNG Saroglos -; Lindgren -, F, Beroea (Verria, Greece) mint, weight 10.822g, maximum diameter 25.2mm, die axis 180o, 238 - 244 A.D.; obverse AΛEΞANΔPOY, head of Alexander the Great right, as Herakles, clad in Nemean lion scalp headdress; reverse KOINON MAKEΔONΩN B NEΩ, Alexander galloping left on his horse Bucephalus, about to spear a lion leaping left below; rare; SOLD










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