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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Thrace & Moesia| > |Byzantion| > GA62508
Byzantion, Thrace, c. 416 - 357 B.C.
|Byzantion|, |Byzantion,| |Thrace,| |c.| |416| |-| |357| |B.C.|, In 340 B.C., the Byzantines, with the aid of the Athenians, successfully withstood a siege by Philip of Macedon. They were, however, forced to recognize Macedonian suzerainty after surrendering without a fight to Alexander the Great in 334 B.C.
GA62508. Silver 1/4 siglos, SNG Cop 480, SNG BM 18, gVF, Byzantion (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 1.192g, maximum diameter 10.2mm, die axis 0o, obverse cow walking left, Y upper right (ethnic, the first letter is an archaic form of "B" used at Byzantium), dolphin left below; reverse incuse mill-sail punch; SOLD










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