Numismata hellenica: a catalogue of Greek coins; with notes, a map ...

Metal
M
M
JR
M M
M
M
JR
M
M
JR
M
JE
M
JE
M
JE
Size
9
9-7
2i
^2
2i
2
2
2+
2
2+
4+
6
5
5
2+
Weight
•264-2
257-7
258-5
255-5
39-9
33-8
32-5
35-2
30-8
33-2
33-7
31-6
EUROPEAN GREECE. 65
Head of Diana to r., occupying the centre of a Macedonian shield which covers the
whole obverse. U. MAKEAONiiN HPilTHS. Club ; in field above, mon. 62
below the knot of wreath, fulmen.
(Siin), all in wreath of oak ;
Same type. R. MAKEAONaN AEYTEPAS. Same types ; in field above, mon. 63 ;
below, mon. 64.—
Electrotype from the B. M.
Note.—Lucius ^milius PauUus, after having conquered Macedonia, divided it into four regions :
the chief town of the first was Amphipolis ; of the second, Thessalonica ; of the third, Pella ; of the
fourth, Pelagonia. The former therefore of the two preceding tetradrachma was struck at Amphipolis
; the latter at Thessalonica. No other coins, distinguished by the number of the region, have
yet been published, except one in copper of the fourth. It cannot be expected that they
should be very common, as the Macedonian cities continued to strike money in their own names, and
as the division of Macedonia into four regions lasted scarcely twenty years. It then became a Roman
province, of which time are the bilinguar tetradrachma, having MAKEAONQN on one side, and
AESILLAS Q,(UyESTOR) on the other and ; those also on which the Quaestor is still a Roman, though
his name and office are written in Greek. Of these Tafiiai, were Caius Publilius and Lucius Fulcinius.
The cista, on the coins of JSsillas, relates to the worship of Bacchus ; the club to that of Hercules ;
the table to the office of Quaestor. The coins, both silver and copper, with the legend MAKE, or
MAKEAONQN, belong to the time intervening between the cessation of the four provinces and the
reign of Claudius, whose name is the earliest occurring on the imperial coins of Macedonia. The
legend is generally MAKEAONQN, or KOINON MAKEAONQN, until the time of Caracalla, when
begin those with MAKeAONQN NeQKOPQN.
Youthful male head with flowing hair to r. (Alexander?) ; below the neck, MAKE-
AONQN ; behind the head, 6. B. AESILLAS ci.(Q). Cista, club, and square
table— all within a wreath, formed of leaves in triplets, with berries between each
triplet.
Another similar.
MAKE in two lines, between which, club ; all in centre of Macedonian shield.
B. Conical helmet with cheek pieces in profile ; on either side a mon. ; in field
below, Xtl in mon. and star.
a star. B. MAKEAONiiN
Macedonian shield ; in the centre, four crescents forming
in two lines ; between them, anterior part
of galley to r. in ; field above, star.
Same type, with six crescents in the centre. B. Same legend and type ; in field to
r., a mon.
Female head to r., with necklace and earring, crowned with ivy ; below, the hair
rolled up ; above, standing upright. B. Same legend and type.
Another similar.
Another similar ;
B. under the prow, P.
Another similar. B. A star in field above.—Broken.
Same type. B. Same legend and type ; legend in two lines above the prow.
Another similar.
Head of Pallas to r. B. Dioscuri, armed with spears, galloping to r. ; below,
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