Macedonia, Bottiaia; head of Artemis/kithara
Description:
Macedonia, Bottiaia, 385 - 350 BC. Head of Artemis right, wearing stephane / ΒΟΤΤΙΑΙΩΝ; kithara.
Diameter:
AE12 mm
Weight:
1,64 g
Grade:
aVF/F
Attribution:
AMNG 8 (Bottice)
Commentary:
rare; dark green patina, well centered
History:
The Bottiaei were a Thracian people, who were expelled from their homeland by the early Macedonians and re-settled near Olynthus in the Chalkidian Peninsula, where they minted the coinage with the ethnic of their homeland.
Article Number:
035-09-02-41652