HJB-Unpublished Alexander, Drachm, Elephanthome 
$495.00  
Dec-16-04 
Seller hjb-ancientcoins 

Unpublished Alexander, Drachm, Elephant 

336-323 BC, Drachm, Elephant, , Chios, circ. 
270-265 BC, 4.09g. Unpublished. Rx: Symbol: 
Elephant head 3/4 left facing with large ears 
and tusks. This symbol surely relates to the 
victory of Antiochus III over barbarians in 269 
BC. The Galatian tribes crossed the Hellespont 
in winter of 278/7. Some of them served briefly 
as mercenaries in the army of Nicomedes of 
Bithynia, but then they were set loose to ravage 
Asia Minor. 

The "Elephant Victory" was commemorated by 
terracotta statuettes at Myrina and by a poet 
from Magnesia ad Sipylum. aEF, minor weakness 
and dirt on obverse