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Kassope, Epiros, Greece, c. 342 - 325 B.C.
| Kassope was an ancient Greek city in Epirus which occupied a magnificent and remote site on a high platform overlooking the sea, the Ambracian Gulf and the fertile lands to the south, and with the slopes of the Zalongo mountain to the north. The ruins are one of the best remaining examples of a city built on a rectilinear street grid of a Hippodamian plan in Greece. The city was founded in the middle of the 4th century B.C. as the capital of the Kassopaeans, a sub-tribe of the Thesprotians. It belonged to the Aetolian League and is mentioned in the war between Cassander and Alcetas II of Epirus in 312 B.C. The city flourished in the 3rd century B.C., when large public buildings were built. It was destroyed by Roman forces in 168 - 167 B.C. and abandoned in 31 B.C. when the remaining inhabitants resettled to Nikopolis the region’s new capital. Visible remains include the Cyclopean walls, an agora, a theater, and the prytaneion. |  |
GB88313. Bronze AE 19, Franke, series 11, 21; Hunterian II p. 10, 1; Weber II 3003; SNG Cop 44 var. (ΓOΛ on rev.); BMC Thessaly p. 98, 5 var. (same), gF, rough pitting and corrosion, legend obscured, Kassope mint, weight 6.379g, maximum diameter 19.4mm, die axis 180o, c. 342 - 325 B.C.; obverse KAΣΣΩΠAIΩN clockwise above, head of Aphrodite right, wearing earring and crown ornamented with honeysuckle, hair rolled and in formal spiral curls down neck; reverse dove flying left within laurel wreath; very rare; SOLD
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