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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Macedonian Kingdom| > SH90706
Chios, Islands off Ionia, c. 210 - 190 B.C., Civic Coinage in the Name and Types of Alexander the Great
|Macedonian| |Kingdom|, |Chios,| |Islands| |off| |Ionia,| |c.| |210| |-| |190| |B.C.,| |Civic| |Coinage| |in| |the| |Name| |and| |Types| |of| |Alexander| |the| |Great|, Chios, in the Aegean Sea, 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) off the Anatolian coast, is the fifth largest of the Greek islands. At the end of the 7th century B.C., Chios became one of the first cities to strike coins, establishing the sphinx as its symbol. It maintained this tradition for almost 900 years. Based on the huge necropolis at the main city of Chios, by the 5th to 4th centuries B.C., the island had grown to an estimated population of over 120,000 (2 - 3 times the current population). During the Hellenistic period, the Chios became famous for the high quality of its wine and was the largest exporter of Greek wine. Chian amphoras, with a characteristic sphinx emblem and bunches of grape have been found as far away as Gaul, Upper Egypt and Southern Russia. After the Roman conquest Chios became part of the province of Asia. The Empire ceded Chios to the Republic of Genoa in 1261.
SH90706. Silver tetradrachm, Price 2375 corr. (form of monogram); Bauslaugh Posthumous Series 41A corr. (same); Müller Alexander 1096; Mektepini Hoard 340 - 341; HGC 6 1133 (S), gVF, light corrosion and marks, Islands of Ionia, Chios mint, weight 16.860g, maximum diameter 29.6mm, die axis 0o, c. 210 - 190 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, throne with high back, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, monogram over sphinx seated left in lower left field, monogram under throne; scarce; SOLD










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