Description: Archaios Numismatics Description: Greek Bronze coin of Pella, Macdeonia, circa 187 to 31 B.C. Obverse: Helmeted Head of Athena Parthenos Facing Right Reverse: Cow or Bull Standing Right Grazing with Grain Ear before. ПEΛ above ΛHΣ in exergue Monogram between legs. Mint: Pella, Macedonian Mint Size: 21 mm Weight: 7.26 g Ref: SNG Copenhagen 266-275 var. (Different Monogram and Grain Ear on this coin) Condition: aVF Pleasing Black Patina. As always, Please use the Pictures as your judge as grading is subjective. Inventory #: 1901.12.5 Notes: Pella was an ancient town of Macedon between the rivers Axius and Lydias. The town was promoted by Philip to be the seat of government instead of the old capital Aegae or Edessa. From this time it was probably one of the chief royal mints of the kings of Macedon, but it struck no autonomous coins until shortly before the Roman conquest in B.C. 168. Some of its coin types were: Bronze of the Second century B.C. Inscr. ΠΕΛΛΗΣ. With Chief types: Head of Perseus, Rx oak-wreath; Head of Athena, as on late AR of Athens, Rx Nike in biga; Id. Rx Bull feeding; Head of Pan, Rx Athena Alkis (cf. Livy xlii. 51); Head of Apollo, Rx Lyre; Head of Poseidon, Rx Bull standing. On some special occasion, in the time of M. Antony, Pella and Thessalonica struck some larger Æ; the former have ΠΕΛΛΑΙΩΝ Head of Octavia (?) as Nike, Rx Nike with wreath. As a Roman colony under the Empire, the coins of Pella bear the Latin inscr. COL. IVL. AVG. PELLA. Types, Pan, seated on rock; Spes enthroned. See Berl. Cat., II. p. 107 ff. Some Excerpts From Head, Hist. Num.; Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia We Thank You for stopping in and taking time to look at and bid on our listings. Good Luck Bidding or Buying ! We encourage you to click the "See other items" link above in the "Seller Information" area of the listing as well to check out our other items posted. We have a variety of great classical and other ancient numismatic items available. We will be regularly continuing to post for sale and auction a wide variety of Ancient Roman, Greek, and Eastern coins as well as Medieval, Byzantine, and some Modern coins as well. We do combine shipping if buying or winning multiple items. Just contact us before you pay and let us know and we will gladly send an updated invoice with the combined shipping amount. You can also follow us to be notified when new listings are posted. With over 20 years in the numismatics hobby we continue to revel in the excitement that comes from holding each new small piece of history in our hands. We enjoy the enduring sense of history both of the prior uses and users as well as the creativity and necessity that surround the time and place at which these coins were minted and used in circulation. Our aim is to cater not just to the high end collector but also to the hobbyist and the newly initiated and those on a limited budget. Everyone starts the hobby somewhere and where we can share our knowledge to help inform or jumpstart your collecting pleasure we will aim to do so. We want you to love every purchase you make with us and we always stand by the quality and authenticity of all the coins we are selling.
Price: 54 USD
Location: Seattle, Washington
End Time: 2024-01-11T21:31:33.000Z
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Composition: Bronze
