circa 325-275 BCE
Æ 15 mm, 3,70 g
Laureate head of Apollo to right /
Kantharos; ΑΛΩ-[ΠΕΚΟΝ] around.
Cf. Yarkin 59; HGC 3.2, 1307
I must say that I’m a bit disappointed to not see a fox on this coin, though they did mint coins with one. Legend has it that a group of colonists from Aeolis were told to setup in the first spot where they found a fox with a cub. As a wildlife photographer, I can attest that this isn’t an easy task. Who knows how long they were traipsing around Anatolia.
But, supposedly they eventually found one and they set up camp there and probably evicted the poor animals. The name means “fox island”, though Alopekonnesos wasn’t an island. Not much is known of the history of Alopkenonnesos other than it once allied with Athens against Macedonia. Presumably that choice didn’t work out overly well.
Other than that, it seems both the citizens of Alopekonnesos and their foxes were pretty quiet.
circa 400-300 BCE
Æ 12 mm, 2,24 g
Ex Savoca