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  • 1 Dichalkon 158-149 BC, Sear# 1446, Macedon, Kingdom
  • 1 Dichalkon 158-149 BC, Sear# 1446, Macedon, Kingdom
Description

Macedonia or Macedon was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, and later the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. The kingdom was founded and initially ruled by the royal Argead dynasty, which was followed by the Antipatrid and Antigonid dynasties. Home to the ancient Macedonians, the earliest kingdom was centered on the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, and bordered by Epirus to the west, Paeonia to the north, Thrace to the east and Thessaly to the South.

Pella (Greek: Πέλλα, Pélla), is an ancient city located in Central Macedonia, Greece, best known as the historical capital of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon in the time of Alexander the Great. On the site of the ancient city is the Archaeological Museum of Pella.

Obverse

Head of Athena right wearing richly ornamented crested helmet.

Athena is the goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law and justice, mathematics, strength, war strategy, the arts, crafts, and skill in ancient Greek religion and mythology.

Reverse

Bull feeding right, monogram above and below.

ΠEΛΛHΣ (Pella)

ΠEΛ
ΛHΣ

Edge -
Characteristics
Production Hammering
Material Bronze
Weight 4.3 g
Diameter 15 mm
Thickness -
Shape round

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