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MACEDON.—(F) KINGS.
197
Head of Zeus, laureate (Fig. 138).
Id.
Head of young Herakles in lion s skin. 1
Id.
Id.
Id.
Head of Apollo, laureate, or bound
with plain taenia.
Head of Artemis, facing.
Head of Apollo with plain taenia.
Id.
Id.
Head of young Herakles.
IAI P P 0 Y Naked boy-rider bearing
palm or crowning his horse, .
Ad Tetradr., 224 grs.
4> I AI P P 0 Y Bearded Macedonian horse-
man wearing kausia and chlamys,
right hand raised . . HI Tetradr.
0IAIPPOY Youth on horse . . . .
Ad Didr., 112 grs.
„ Id. . Ad 8 Obols, 66 grs.
„ Id. . Al Drachm, 56 grs.
,, Macedonian horseman
Ad Drachm.
,, Naked horseman prancing .
Ad Tetrob., 37 grs.
„ Youth on horse Ad Tetrobol.
,, Id. . Ad Triobol., 28 grs.
,, Half-horse Ad Diobol., 18 grs.
,, Horse’s head . Ad Diobol.
„ Club ... Ad. Obol(?).
BKONZE.
Head of Apollo with plain taenia. TIAIPPOY Naked horseman Ad -7—6
Head of young Herakles in lion’s skin. ; ,, Club . . . Ad -55— 45
The reverse-types of Philip’s coins are all agonistic, and refer either to
the games celebrated by Philip at Dium in honour of the Olympian Zeus
(Muller, Mon. eV Alex., pp. 11 and 344), or, preferably, to the great Olympian
games where Philip’s chariots were victorious. We have, indeed, the
direct assertion of Plutarch (Afe$., c. 4) in favour of the latter hypothesis,
rd? en 'OAv/XTria vi,K.as ra>v app^aratv I’y^apaTTiov rots vopd(rp.acri,v. Philip was
also successful at Olympia with the race-horse (i7T7tg> kcX^ti; Plut., Alex.
3), a victory of which he perpetuated the memory on his tetradrachms.
The horseman with kausia and chlamys is less certainly agonistic, and
may represent the king himself as a typical Macedonian i7T7T€us.
Philip’s coins were struck at many mints in various parts of his
empire. For the various mint-marks which they bear, see Muller’s Mon.
d'Alex. le Grand, whose local attributions are, however, to be accepted
with great caution. They continued to circulate in Europe long after
his death, and the Gauls, when they invaded and pillaged Greece, took
vast numbers of them back into their own land, where they long
continued to serve as models for the native currency of Gaul and
Britain.
Alexander the Great, B. C. 336-323. The coinage of Alexander is
a branch of Numismatics too extensive and complicated for discussion in
detail in the present work. His first coinage is of Macedonian fabric and
style, and must be assigned to the early years of his reign, before his
expedition against Asia. The tetradrachm (227 grs.) follows the standard
of Philip’s coins, while for the smaller denominations the Eubo’ic-Attic
standard was introduced, which some years later came into general use
for the coinage both of his European and Asiatic dominions.
197
Head of Zeus, laureate (Fig. 138).
Id.
Head of young Herakles in lion s skin. 1
Id.
Id.
Id.
Head of Apollo, laureate, or bound
with plain taenia.
Head of Artemis, facing.
Head of Apollo with plain taenia.
Id.
Id.
Head of young Herakles.
IAI P P 0 Y Naked boy-rider bearing
palm or crowning his horse, .
Ad Tetradr., 224 grs.
4> I AI P P 0 Y Bearded Macedonian horse-
man wearing kausia and chlamys,
right hand raised . . HI Tetradr.
0IAIPPOY Youth on horse . . . .
Ad Didr., 112 grs.
„ Id. . Ad 8 Obols, 66 grs.
„ Id. . Al Drachm, 56 grs.
,, Macedonian horseman
Ad Drachm.
,, Naked horseman prancing .
Ad Tetrob., 37 grs.
„ Youth on horse Ad Tetrobol.
,, Id. . Ad Triobol., 28 grs.
,, Half-horse Ad Diobol., 18 grs.
,, Horse’s head . Ad Diobol.
„ Club ... Ad. Obol(?).
BKONZE.
Head of Apollo with plain taenia. TIAIPPOY Naked horseman Ad -7—6
Head of young Herakles in lion’s skin. ; ,, Club . . . Ad -55— 45
The reverse-types of Philip’s coins are all agonistic, and refer either to
the games celebrated by Philip at Dium in honour of the Olympian Zeus
(Muller, Mon. eV Alex., pp. 11 and 344), or, preferably, to the great Olympian
games where Philip’s chariots were victorious. We have, indeed, the
direct assertion of Plutarch (Afe$., c. 4) in favour of the latter hypothesis,
rd? en 'OAv/XTria vi,K.as ra>v app^aratv I’y^apaTTiov rots vopd(rp.acri,v. Philip was
also successful at Olympia with the race-horse (i7T7tg> kcX^ti; Plut., Alex.
3), a victory of which he perpetuated the memory on his tetradrachms.
The horseman with kausia and chlamys is less certainly agonistic, and
may represent the king himself as a typical Macedonian i7T7T€us.
Philip’s coins were struck at many mints in various parts of his
empire. For the various mint-marks which they bear, see Muller’s Mon.
d'Alex. le Grand, whose local attributions are, however, to be accepted
with great caution. They continued to circulate in Europe long after
his death, and the Gauls, when they invaded and pillaged Greece, took
vast numbers of them back into their own land, where they long
continued to serve as models for the native currency of Gaul and
Britain.
Alexander the Great, B. C. 336-323. The coinage of Alexander is
a branch of Numismatics too extensive and complicated for discussion in
detail in the present work. His first coinage is of Macedonian fabric and
style, and must be assigned to the early years of his reign, before his
expedition against Asia. The tetradrachm (227 grs.) follows the standard
of Philip’s coins, while for the smaller denominations the Eubo’ic-Attic
standard was introduced, which some years later came into general use
for the coinage both of his European and Asiatic dominions.