Description: Mecedonia, Amphaxitis, 187 - 168 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / AMFA-XIWN above and beneath club, all within wreath.

Diameter: AE23 mm

Weight: 10,04 g

Grade: F/F

Attribution: SNG Cop 36 var

Commentary: rare; brown-grey patina, some roughness

History: The name Amphaxitis stems from the ancient Greek word which means "around the two river banks of Axios (Vardar)" and was related to the territory along the lower flow of the river Vardar, from Demir Kapija to its river mouth.

Article Number: 056-03-04-41652