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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Macedonia| > |Koinon of Macedonia| > RP67757
Koinon of Macedonia, Reign of Severus Alexander, c. 231 - 235 A.D., Alexander the Great and Bucephalus
|Koinon| |of| |Macedonia|, |Koinon| |of| |Macedonia,| |Reign| |of| |Severus| |Alexander,| |c.| |231| |-| |235| |A.D.,| |Alexander| |the| |Great| |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.
RP67757. Bronze AE 27, AMNG III 443; BMC Macedonia p. 26, 141 var. (...NEΩK); SNG Cop 1376 var. (2 neokorie, star below horse); SNG Hunterian -, F, Beroea (Verria, Greece) mint, weight 13.044g, maximum diameter 26.9mm, die axis 45o, c. 231 - 235 A.D.; obverse AΛEΞANΔPOY, head of Alexander the Great right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; reverse KOINON MAKEΔONΩN NEΩ, Alexander riding his horse Bucephalus right, diagonal spear pointing downward in right, reins in left, cloak fluttering behind; rare; SOLD











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