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Koinon of Macedon
Master Dateline
Pantikapaion, Cimmerian Bosporus
ca 109 – 105 BCE
Ae 12.4mm, 1.8gms
Obv: Star of eight rays, P-A-N-T-I-K-A-P between rays
Rev: Tripod
SNG Black Sea 941-4
Alexander Jannaeus
103 – 76 BCE
Judaea, Hasmonean Kingdom : Jerusalem mint
Ae Prutah 12.5mm, 1.7gms
Obv: Aramaic legend within rays of eight-rayed star
Rev: BASILEWS ALEXANDPOY around inverted anchor within circle
Hendin 1152 var
Chersonesos, Thrace
386-338 BCE
AR Hemidrachm 13mm, 2.3gms
Obv: Forepart of lion right, looking back
Rev: Quadripartite incuse square with raised and sunken quarters, I-pellet in one quarter and star with eight rays in the other
McClean 4107
Macedon, Uranopolis c. 300 BCE.
Æ 15mm, 3.33g
Star of eight rays. R/ Aphrodite Urania, holding sceptre, seated slightly l. on globe.
SNG ANS 914-8; AMNG III.2, 4; HGC 3.1, 607
Ex London Ancient Coins
TROAS. Kolone
4th century BCE
Chalkous AE 15.5 mm, 3.79 g
Helmeted head of Athena to right. Rev. KOΛΩNAEΩN between the rays of an eight-pointed star.
SNG Copenhagen 277. SNG von Aulock 1552
Troas, Thymbra
Circa 4th Century BCE
Æ 6.19g, 17mm, 7h
Laureate head of Zeus Ammon to left /
Eight-rayed star, Θ-Y above.
BMC 1; SNG von Aulock 1584; SNG Copenhagen –
Pontos. Uncertain mint (Amisos?)
circa 130-100 BCE
Æ 20mm, 6,34g
Phrygian cap (bashlyk) left; bow to left
Rev. Eight-pointed star, bow to left.
SNG BN Black Sea 980
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