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Before the Battle of Magnesia, in 190 B.C., Pamphylia was under Seleukid rule; after it was added to the dominions of the kings of Pergamum. Under both kingdoms, the Greek cities of Pamphylia had considerable autonomy and issued their own coinage, including Alexandrine type tetradrachms. On the death of Attalus III in 133 B.C., Pamphylia, with the rest of his kingdom, passed to the Roman Republic.SH90964. Silver tetradrachm, Price 2982, Mektepinii Hoard 719 - 722, SNG Berry 305, SNG Ashmolean 3178, SNG Alpha Bank -, SNG Munchen -, SNG Saroglos -, VF, well centered on a broad flan, weight 16.686 g, maximum diameter 33.7 mm, die axis 315o, Pamphylia, uncertain mint, c. 220 - 180 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus enthroned left, right leg drawn back, feet on footstool, throne with high back, eagle in right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, no control symbols; SOLD
Thrace, Odessos, c. 125 - 70 B.C., Civic Issue in the Types and Name of Alexander the Great
After the Battle of Pydna in 168 BC, the governing of Thrace passed to Rome. The Thracians, however, did not all readily accept Roman dominion. Several revolts occurred, though there were tribes who willingly allied themselves to Rome. The next century and a half saw the slow development of Thracia into a permanent Roman client state.SH48752. Silver tetradrachm, Price 1181, gVF/VF, weight 16.138 g, maximum diameter 28.8 mm, die axis 0o, Odessos (Varna, Bulgaria) mint, obverse head of Herakles right, wearing lion-scalp headdress; reverse AΛEΞANΔPOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Zeus seated left, eagle in right, long scepter in left hand, ΘΕ under arm, monogram below throne; SOLD
Odessos, Thrace, c. 280 - 200 B.C., Civic Issue in the Types and Name of Alexander the Great
Odessos (Varna, Bulgaria) was created when Miletian Greeks founded an apoikia (trading post) at an existing Thracian settlement around 600 B.C. Odessos was in the Delian league in the 5th century B.C. Philip II besieged it unsuccessfully in 339. Getae priests persuaded him to make a treaty but the city surrendered to his son Alexander the Great in 335. In 313 B.C., in coalition with other Pontic cities and the Getae, Odessos rebelled against Lysimachus. After Lysimachus' death in 281, the city reverted to striking in the types and names of Alexander the Great and continued to strike Alexandrine tetradrachms until at least 70 B.C. After the Battle of Pydna in 168 B.C., Thrace passed to Rome. The Thracians, however, did not all readily accept Roman dominion. Several revolts occurred. The next century and a half saw the slow development of Thracia into a permanent Roman client state.SH91290. Silver tetradrachm, Black Sea Hoard 254 - 257 (OH/R23), Price 1163 corr., HGC 3.2 1584 corr. (monogram incorrectly described), VF, attractive depiction of Herakles, light toning, weight 16.727 g, maximum diameter 28.9 mm, die axis 0o, Thrace, Odessos (Varna, Bulgaria) mint, c. 280 - 200 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean lion-scalp headdress; reverse Zeus seated left on throne without back, nude to the waist, himation around hips and legs, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, right leg drawn back, KoI (magistrate) below arm, P (magistrate) before legs, Odessos monogram under throne, AΛΕΞANΔPOY downward on left, BAΣIΛΕΩΣ downward on right; SOLD
Odessos, Thrace, c. 125 - 70 B.C., Civic Issue in the Types and Name of Alexander the Great
Odessus surrendered to Alexander the Great in 335 B.C. Rule passed to his diadochus Lysimachus, but in coalition with other Pontic cities and the Getae, Odessus rebelled in 313 B.C. After Lysimachus' death in 281, the city reverted to striking in the types and name of Alexander the Great and continued to strike Alexandrine tetradrachms until at least 70 B.C.SH63508. Silver tetradrachm, Price 1179, VF, toned, weight 15.721 g, maximum diameter 29.8 mm, die axis 0o, Odessos (Varna, Bulgaria) mint, c. 125 - 70 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse AΛEΞANΔPOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Zeus seated left, eagle in right, long scepter in left hand, ΔΗ under arm, monogram below throne; SOLD
Danubian Celts, 3rd - 2nd Century B.C., Imitating Types of Alexander the Great
This is the only example of this type known to Forum.SH63436. Silver drachm, Apparently unpublished hybrid with Alexander's silver drachm obverse and gold stater reverse, weight 4.183 g, maximum diameter 16.9 mm, die axis 270o, 3rd - 2nd century B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse AΛENΛ- Λ (or similar, blundered), Nike standing half left; ex Freeman and Sear; extremely rare; SOLD
Koinon of Macedonia, Portrait of Alexander the Great, 231 - 235 A.D.
The Macedonian Koinon (community) was the political organization governing the autonomous Roman province of Macedonia and was responsible for issuing coinage. The individual cities, as members of the Koinon, sent representatives to participate in popular assembly several times each year. The high point of the year was celebrations and matches in honor of Alexander the Great and the Roman emperor held in Beroea (modern Verria) located about 75 km. west of Thessaloniki. This was the provincial center of the emperor cult, with the appropriate temple and privileges, first granted to the Koinon by Nerva. The title Neokoros, or "temple guardians" was highly prized and thus advertised on coins. Under Elagabalus, the Koinon received a second neokorie, indicated by B (the Greek number two) or rarely ΔIC (double in Greek). The title was rescinded but later restored by Severus Alexander, probably in 231 A.D.GB92396. Bronze triassarion, AMNG III 341, RPC Online -, BMC Macedonia -, SNG Cop -, SNG Hunterian -, SNG Saroglos -, McClean -, Lindgren -, VF/F, near black patina, high points a bit flatly struck, light corrosion heavier at edge, central depressions, weight 9.353 g, maximum diameter 25.6 mm, die axis 180o, Beroea (Verria, Greece) mint, reign of Severus Alexander, 231 - 235; obverse AΛEΞANΔPOY clockwise on right, diademed head of Alexander the Great right; reverse KOINON MAKEΔ ONΩN NE (NE ligate), Zeus standing half left, head left, nude, thunderbolt in right hand, long scepter vertical in left hand; very rare; SOLD
Koinon of Macedonia, Reign of Severus Alexander, c. 231 - 235 A.D., Portrait of Alexander the Great
The Macedonian Koinon (community) was the political organization governing the autonomous Roman province of Macedonia and was responsible for issuing coinage. The individual cities, as members of the Koinon, sent representatives to participate in popular assembly several times each year. The high point of the year was celebrations and matches in honor of Alexander the Great and the Roman emperor held in Beroea (modern Verria) located about 75 km west of Thessaloniki. This was the provincial center of the emperor cult, with the appropriate temple and privileges, first granted to the Koinon by Nerva. The title Neokoros, or "temple guardians" was highly prized and thus advertised on coins. Under Elagabalus, the Koinon received a second neokorie, indicated by B (the Greek number two) or rarely DIC (double in Greek). The title was rescinded but later restored by Severus Alexander, probably in 231 A.D.SH66818. Bronze AE 28, AMNG III 511; cf. BMC Macedonia p. 24, 113 (1 Nekorie); SNG Cop 1353 (NE not ligate, no star); SNG Hunterian 742 (same, time of Gordian III), VF, excellent centering and strike, weight 12.080 g, maximum diameter 27.9 mm, die axis 225o, Beroea (Verria, Greece) mint, c. 231 - 235 A.D.; obverse AΛEΞANΔPOY, diademed head of Alexander the Great right; reverse KOINON MAKEΔONΩN B NE (NE ligate), Athena seated left, helmeted, Nike in right hand, spear in left hand, resting left arm on shield behind, star right; ex Gitbud - Naumann Auction 4, lot 231; rare; SOLD
Kos, Carian Islands, c. 167 - 88 B.C.
In the Hellenistic age, Kos attained the zenith of its prosperity. Its alliance was valued by the kings of Egypt, who used it as a naval outpost to oversee the Aegean. As a seat of learning, it arose as a provincial branch of the museum of Alexandria, and became a favorite resort for the education of the princes of the Ptolemaic dynasty; there was also a medical school. Among its most famous sons were the physician Hippocrates, the painter Apelles, the poets Philitas and, perhaps, Theocritus.SH17515. Bronze AE 16, BMC Caria p. 203, 103; SGCV II 5016, VF, weight 5.229 g, maximum diameter 15.6 mm, die axis 0o, Kos mint, c. 167 - 88 B.C.; obverse head of young Herakles half right, wearing lion skin knotted at neck; reverse KΩION / APXΩN, bow inside case above club; dark patina; SOLD
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