A guide to the principal gold and silver coins of the ancients ...
A guide to the principal gold and silver coins of the ancients ... A guide to the principal gold and silver coins of the ancients ...
62 PERIOD IV. B. IV. B. Plates 30-32. KINGS. PiATB 30. 1. Pseonia. Patraus. M. Obv. Head of Apollo or Herakles. Bev. PATPAOY (retrograde). Horseman spearing prostrate foe. Wt. 196 grs. 2. Paeonia. Audoleon. M. Obv. Head of Athena, facing. Bev. AYAOAEONTOZ. Horse. Wt. 193-4 grs. Patraus and his son Andoleon reigned over Paeonia between b.c. 340 and 286. 3. Macedonia. Alexander the Great, B.C. 336-323. Af., Obv. Head of Athena. Bev. AAEZANAPOY. Nike, holding wreath and trophy-stand. In field, thunderbolt. Double stater. Wt. 264 grs. 4. Alexander the Great. Af. Stater. Similar types ; thunderbolt under neck of Athena. Wt. 133 grs. 6-7. Alexander the Great. M. Obv. Head of Herakles. Bev. AAEZANAPOY. Zeus Aetophoros, seated. Infield—(5) Bucranium. Wt. 265 grs. (6) Prow. Wt. 266-4 grs. (7) 0, under throne. The head on this coin is turned to the left. Wt. 266 grs. The above coins of Alexander were struck in all probability during his lifetime. 8. Philip III. Aridaeus, B.C. 323-317. N. Obv. Head of Athena. Bev. IAinnOY. Nike, holding wi'eath and trophystand. In field, cornucopiae. Wt. 131-4 grs. 9. Philip III. Aridaeus. M. Obv. Head of Herakles. Bev. Zeus Aetophoros, seated. In field, torch. Pi'obably struck at Amphipolis. Wt. 258*5 grs. 10. 11. Alexander the Great. These two tetradrachms were probably struck in the reign of Cassander, B.C. 316-297, who did not place his own name upon the silver coinage. Wts. 265 grs. and 264 grs. PiATB 31. 12. Antigonus, B.C. 306-301. JR. 06u. Head of Herakles. Bev. BAZIAEHZ ANTirONOY. Zeus Aetophoros, seated on throne. Wt. 263 grs. As the fabric of this coin closely resembles that of Nos. 13 and 14, it is probable that it was struck in the Peloponnesus in the name of Antigonus. ^
B.C. 336-280. 63 13, 14. Alexander IV. (?). Types of Alexander the Great's coins. Wts. 263 grs. and 260 grs. These two fine tetradracliins were found, with others of the same fabric, at Patras, in Achaia. They are supposed to have been struck at Sicyon, by Polysperchon, between the years B.C. 316 and 311, in the name of Alexander IV., the son of Alexander the Great by Eoxana. Coins of this class are distinguished from all others bearing the name of Alexander by the presence of two Victories on the back of the throne. 15. Demetrius Poliorcetes, B.C. 294-288. AT. Obv. Head of Demetrius, with bull's horn of Bacchus. Eev. BAZIAEQZ AHMHTPIOY. Armed horseman. Wt. 131-8 grs. 16. Demetrius Poliorcetes. M. Obv. Similar head. Bev. BAZIAEHZ AHMHTPIOY. Poseidon leaning on trident, his right foot resting on rock. Wt. 264 grs. 17. Demetrius Poliorcetes. M. Obv. Nike, or Fame, carrying a trophy-stand, and blowing a trumpet, standing on the prow of a galley. Bev. AHMHTPIOY BAZIAEQZ. Poseidon, naked, wielding trident, his chlamys wrapped round his left arm. Wt, 266 grs. The types of this coin refer to the naval victory gained by the fleet of Antigonus, under his son Demetrius, over that of Ptolemy, off the island of Cyprus, in B.C. 306. 18. Lysimachus, B.C. 306-281. M. Obv. Head of Herakles, in lion's skin. i2CT. BAZIAEOZ AYZIMAXOY. Zeus Aetophoros, seated. In the field, the forepart of a lion, the mint-mark of the town of Lysimachia. Wt. 264 grs. 19. 20. Lysimachus. (19) A/". Obv. Head of Alexander the Great, with horn of Ammon. Bev. BAZIAEHZ AYZIMAXOY. Athena Nicephoros seated, holding spear ; behind her throne, a shield. Wt. 132 grs. (20) ^. Tetradrachm of the same type. Wt. 262 grs. Alexander the Great is represented on these coins in a deified character, as the son of Ammon. The head is probably taken from the statue-portrait by Lysippus or the gem-portrait by Pyrgoteles.
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62 PERIOD IV. B.<br />
IV. B.<br />
Plates 30-32.<br />
KINGS.<br />
PiATB 30. 1. Pseonia. Patraus. M. Obv. Head <strong>of</strong> Apollo or Herakles.<br />
Bev. PATPAOY (retrograde). Horseman spearing prostrate foe.<br />
Wt. 196 grs.<br />
2. Paeonia. Audoleon. M. Obv. Head <strong>of</strong> A<strong>the</strong>na, facing. Bev.<br />
AYAOAEONTOZ. Horse. Wt. 193-4 grs.<br />
Patraus <strong>and</strong> his son Andoleon reigned over Paeonia<br />
between b.c. 340 <strong>and</strong> 286.<br />
3. Macedonia. Alex<strong>and</strong>er <strong>the</strong> Great, B.C. 336-323. Af.,<br />
Obv. Head <strong>of</strong> A<strong>the</strong>na. Bev. AAEZANAPOY. Nike, holding<br />
wreath <strong>and</strong> trophy-st<strong>and</strong>. In field, thunderbolt. Double stater.<br />
Wt. 264 grs.<br />
4. Alex<strong>and</strong>er <strong>the</strong> Great. Af. Stater. Similar types ; thunderbolt<br />
under neck <strong>of</strong> A<strong>the</strong>na. Wt. 133 grs.<br />
6-7. Alex<strong>and</strong>er <strong>the</strong> Great. M. Obv. Head <strong>of</strong> Herakles. Bev.<br />
AAEZANAPOY. Zeus Ae<strong>to</strong>phoros, seated. Infield—(5) Bucranium.<br />
Wt. 265 grs. (6) Prow. Wt. 266-4 grs. (7) 0, under<br />
throne. The head on this coin is turned <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> left. Wt. 266 grs.<br />
The above <strong>coins</strong> <strong>of</strong> Alex<strong>and</strong>er were struck in all probability<br />
during his lifetime.<br />
8. Philip III. Aridaeus, B.C. 323-317. N. Obv. Head <strong>of</strong><br />
A<strong>the</strong>na. Bev. IAinnOY. Nike, holding wi'eath <strong>and</strong> trophyst<strong>and</strong>.<br />
In field, cornucopiae. Wt. 131-4 grs.<br />
9. Philip III. Aridaeus. M. Obv. Head <strong>of</strong> Herakles. Bev.<br />
Zeus Ae<strong>to</strong>phoros, seated. In field, <strong>to</strong>rch. Pi'obably struck at<br />
Amphipolis. Wt. 258*5 grs.<br />
10. 11. Alex<strong>and</strong>er <strong>the</strong> Great. These two tetradrachms were probably<br />
struck in <strong>the</strong> reign <strong>of</strong> Cass<strong>and</strong>er, B.C. 316-297, who did not<br />
place his own name upon <strong>the</strong> <strong>silver</strong> coinage. Wts. 265 grs. <strong>and</strong><br />
264 grs.<br />
PiATB 31. 12. Antigonus, B.C. 306-301. JR. 06u. Head <strong>of</strong> Herakles. Bev.<br />
BAZIAEHZ ANTirONOY. Zeus Ae<strong>to</strong>phoros, seated on throne.<br />
Wt. 263 grs.<br />
As <strong>the</strong> fabric <strong>of</strong> this coin closely resembles that <strong>of</strong> Nos.<br />
13 <strong>and</strong> 14, it is probable that it was struck in <strong>the</strong> Peloponnesus<br />
in <strong>the</strong> name <strong>of</strong> Antigonus.<br />
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