This page primarily lists the "anonymous" shield/helmet types with B-A or BASI or kings' monograms. See also the individual Macedonian kings' pages for other examples.
Known symbols in the centre of the shields include thunderbolt, star, Gorgoneion, head of Herakles facing, caduceus, monogram, bipennis (double axe), torch, club. I have added an extra column with the shield symbol.
For numerous coins with ΠYΡ monogram on the shield, see the Epiros, kings, Pyrrhos page.
Browse the Macedonian, Anonymous page with thumbnail images.
| Ref. | In shield | Description | Text | Image |
| AMNG 4 | n/a | Macedonia under Perseus or Philip V, AR Tetrobol, ca. 187-168 BC, 2.47 g. Amphipolis. Macedonian shield, club with handle left between MA-KE in centre, all surrounded by six double crescents each containing a dot and separated by three dots / Macedonian helmet left with cheek flaps, ΣI monogram and ΔI monogram across upper fields, ΩΞ monogram and trident across lower fields. AMNG III, 4; Hunter 1; BMC 11; Bompois 667. | Text | Image |
| AMNG 5 | Star | Macedonia, anonymous AR tetrobol. Time of Philip V – Perseus. 187-168 BC. Uncertain Macedonian mint. 2.21g. Macedonian shield, with a star formed by six crescents in the centre and surrounded by six double crescents each with one dot, three dots between each. / MAKE-ΔONΩN, stern of galley right, Ρ (or dot in Ρ) to right. AMNG III-2, 5; AMNG III-1, 19; Berlin 12; BMC 22; Bompoise 668. | Text | Image |
| AMNG 7 | Club | Macedonia under Perseus or Philip V, AR Tetrobol, ca. 187-168 BC, Amphipolis. Macedonian shield, club with handle left between MA-KE in centre, all surrounded by six double crescents each containing a dot and separated by three dots / Macedonian helmet left with cheek flaps, BE monogram and M across upper fields, ΩΞ monogram and star across lower fields. AMNG III, 7; Mionnet I 452. | Text | Image |
| AMNG 14 | Herakles | Macedonian Kingdom, Anonymous AE16. Head of Herakles facing slightly right within two linear circles in the centre of a Macedonian shield, surrounded by five double crescents / Macedonian helmet with plume and ear-flaps, RHA monogram to left, caduceus to right. Liampi 139-156; Price 2803; AMNG III-2, 14; Hunter 5; SNG Cop 1134-1135; SNG Tuebingen 1157 | Text | Image |
| AMNG 15 | Herakles | Macedonian Kingdom, Anonymous AE16. Head of Herakles facing slightly right within two linear circles in the centre of a Macedonian shield, surrounded by five double crescents / B-A, Macedonian helmet with ear-flaps, no symbols in fields. Liampi 95-97; SNG Evelpidis 1469; Vienna 29814; Price 2802. | Text | Image |
| AMNG 31 | - | Macedonia, anonymous AR tetrobol. Time of Philip V – Perseus. 187-168 BC. Uncertain Macedonian mint. 2.11g. Head of Maenad right, wreathed with ivy. / MAKE-ΔONΩN, stern of galley right, eight-rayed star above. AMNG III-1, 31; Berlin 19; BMC 25; Mionnet I, 6; Walcher 938. | Text | Image |
| AMNG 112 | Monogram | Macedonia, anonymous AE12, half unit. 187-168 BC. 4.43 g. Thessalonika mint, struck under Amphaxitis. Macedonian shield, MKE monogram in centre, six double crescents around with three dots between each. / Macedonian helmet right, seen from the side, ΩΣ monogram at top right, Φ at lower right. AMNG 112; Wiczay 3010. | Text | Image |
| AMNG 207 | dot | Macedonia, anonymous issue, AE14, ca. 336-323 BC. 3.21 g. Macedonian shield with five crescents around and dot ("omphalos") in centre. / K to left of bowcase and club, upright corn-ear in right field. AMNG I 207-208 ("Kallatis"); Liampi 160-162 in JNG 36; Berlin 442; Mionnet Supp. III, 561 (as Kassander); Paris Y28692 and 28652. | Text | Image |
| CNG 260. 69 | Bipennis | Macedonia, AE quarter unit, ca 323-317 BC. 11mm, 1.26 g. Macedonian shield with bipennis in the centre, surrounded by five broad crescents with five dots between each of them / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet with earflaps. K in lower left field. Unpublished var of Liampi 271-274; SNG Cop 1130; Price 2068 (all with K in lower right field). CNG 260, lot 69. | Text | Image |
| G & N 28, 43 | Gorgon | Macedonia, AE half unit, 323-310 BC. 18mm, 4.29 g. Macedonian shield with head of Gorgonion facing in the centre, surrounded by five double crescents with five dots between each / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet with ear-flaps, caduceus in lower right field. Unpublished var (fieldmark with this obverse); Gitbud & Naumann 28, Lot 43. | Text | Image |
| Liampi 69 | Thunderbolt | Macedonia, AE unit, 325-310 BC. 14mm, 4.86 g. Macedonian shield with thunderbolt between two dots in the centre, surrounded by five crescents with five dots between each / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet without ear-flaps, ΠOY monogram in lower centre. Liampi 69-70. | Text | Image |
| Liampi 69 (2) | Thunderbolt | Macedonia, AE unit, 325-310 BC. 16mm, 4.58 g. Macedonian shield with thunderbolt between two dots in the centre, surrounded by five crescents with five dots between each / B-A to left and right of laureate Macedonian helmet without ear-flaps, Πdot Y monogram in lower centre. Liampi 69-70. | Text | Image |
| Liampi 94 | Caduceus | Macedonia, AE half unit, 323-301 BC. Sardes mint. 15mm, 4.24 g. Macedonian shield with caduceus in the centre, surrounded by five double crescents with three dots between each / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet with ear-flaps, rose with bud in lower left field, ΔH monogram in lower centre, caduceus in lower right field. Liampi 94. | Text | Image |
| Liampi 103-107 | Herakles | Macedonia, AE half unit, 323-310 BC. 16mm, 3.26 g. Macedonian shield with head of Herakles facing slightly right in the centre, surrounded by five double crescents with five dots between each / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet with ear-flaps, corn-ear in right field. Liampi 103-107. | Text | Image |
| Liampi 136 | Herakles | Macedonian Kingdom, anonymous issue. 15.1 mm, 4.33 g. After 343 BC. Macedonian shield with Herakles head facing in the centre, five crescents with dots between them around / Macedonian helmet with ear-flaps (no B-A), caduceus at lower left, ΠΔ monogram at lower right. Liampi 136; Athens 1642; Hunterian 6. | Text | Image |
| McClean 3590 | Monogram | Macedonia, Pyrrhos of Epiros, AE half unit, 287-285 and 274-273 BC. Macedonian mint. 16mm, 4.3 g. Macedonian shield with ΠYΡ monogram in the centre, surrounded by six double crescents with dot in each and dot between them / BAΣI beneath pileus, all within oak wreath. McClean 3590; SNG Alpha Bank 970. | Text | Image |
| McClean 3622 | Gorgon | Macedonia, Anonymous or Antigonos II, 229-220 BC. Gorgoneion within two linear circles in the centre of a Macedonian shield, surrounded by five double crescents separated by a pattern on five dots / B-A across upper fields, Macedonian helmet with plume and ear-flaps, H to left, NK monogram to right. McClean 3622. Not in Liampi etc. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 5817 | Club | Macedonian Kingdom: Anonymous AR Tetrobol 185-168 BC, 14 mm, 2.3 g. Amphipolis. Macedonian shield with MA-KE above and beneath club in the centre, all surrounded by six double crescents each containing a dot and separated by three dots. Macedonian helmet with ear flaps. AKN monogram and ΔI monogram across upper fields, ΩZ monogram in lower left field, thunderbolt in lower right field. AMNG 3-I, 1; Pinder, Berlin 4. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 5820 | -- | Macedonia, Autonomous AR Tetrobol. ca 185-168 BC. Wreathed head of maenad right / MAKE-ΔONΩN, prow of galley right. AMNG 3-II, 7; BMC 23; Bompois Macedonia 5. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 5825 | Star | Macedonian Kingdom, Autonomous Issue without king's name, AE18. ca 185 BC. Macedonian shield with central star formed of six crescents, surrounded by double crescents with a dot within and two dots between them / MAKE-ΔONΩN, Macedonian helmet with cheek guard, TB monogram at lower left. AMNG III-1, 151; Mionnet I, 11; Lenormant 3 in RN 1852; Bompois 7 in NC 1874. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 5827 | -- | Laureate head of Poseidon right / MAKE-ΔONΩN, Club, HR monogram above, unclear monogram below, all within oak wreath. BMC 51; AMNG 13; SNG Cop 1296. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 5832 | -- | Macedonian Kingdom AE21. Philip V to Perseus 179-168 BC. 7.38 g. Youthful, horned head of the river-god Stryman right, wreathed with reeds. / MAKE-ΔONΩN, trident, sideways ΩΠΡ monogram at lower left, sideways ΠYNE monogram at lower right. AMNG III-1 52; BMC 42 corr. (monogram); Hunter 6. | Text | Image |
| Newell 132 | Monogram | Macedonia, AE unit, Demetrios I Poliorketes or Demetrios II. 306-283 BC. Pella mint. Macedonian shield with ΔHΡ monogram in the centre, surrounded by six double crescents / BA-ΣI to left and right of Macedonian helmet with ear-flaps, no fieldmarks. Newell 132; SNG Alpha Bank 969. | Text | Image |
| Price 398 | Thunderbolt | Macedonia, AE half unit, 336-323 BC. 16mm, 4.54 g. Macedonian shield with thunderbolt in the centre, surrounded by five crescents, star between them / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet without ear-flaps, trident with head right in lower centre. Liampi 28-30; Paris 1630; Price 398. | Text | Image |
| Price 403 | Thunderbolt | Macedonia, anonymous half unit. 15 mm, 4.65 g. Macedonian shield with thunderbolt in the centre, surrounded by five crescents, five dots between each of them. / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet, narrow, stylised earflaps in lower centre; KE monogram at upper right. Price 403; Liampi 2-3; 5-7; Paris 1628 and 1634. | Text | Image |
| Price 405 | Thunderbolt | Macedonia, AE half unit, ca 325-310 BC. 17mm, 4.80 g. Macedonian shield with thunderbolt in the centre, surrounded by five crescents, five dots between each of them / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet with anchor on the front and stylised earflaps in lower centre; KE monogram at lower right. Liampi 8-22; Paris 1625; SNG Evelpidis 1426; SNG Cop 1120; Pozzi 2030; Weber 2183; Price 405. | Text | Image |
| Price 407 | Thunderbolt | Macedonia, AE half unit, after 323 BC. 15mm, 4.85 g. Macedonian shield with thunderbolt in the centre, surrounded by five crescents with star between each / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet without ear flaps, ivy leaf left in lower centre. Liampi 55-65; Paris 1626; Bern 656; SNG Cop 1119 and 1121; Price 407; McClean 3623. | Text | Image |
| Price 408 | Thunderbolt | Macedonia, AE half unit, 323-310 BC. 15mm, 4.24 g. Macedonian shield with thunderbolt in the centre, surrounded by five double crescents with star between each / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet, star in lower centre. Liampi 35-40; Vienna 10916-10917; SNG Tübingen 1148; Bern 655; Price 408. | Text | Image |
| Price 409 | Thunderbolt | Macedonia, AE half unit, 325-310 BC. 17mm, 5.01 g. Macedonian shield with thunderbolt in the centre, surrounded by five crescents, star between them / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet without ear-flaps, coiled serpent left in lower centre. Liampi 54; Price 409. | Text | Image |
| Price 411 | Thunderbolt | Macedonia, AE half unit, 323-310 BC. 17mm, 4.8 g. Macedonian shield with thunderbolt in the centre, surrounded by five double crescents with star between each / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet, star in left field, spearhead below. Price 411. | Text | Image |
| Price 413 | thunderbolt | Macedonia, AE half unit, 323-310 BC. 17mm, 4.38 g. Macedonian shield with thunderbolt in the centre, surrounded by four double crescents with star between each. / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet, ΠY monogram below. Price 413; Liampi 67-68. | Text | Image |
| Price 415B | thunderbolt | Macedonia, anonymous AE half unit, 323-310 BC. 17.5 mm, 4.54 g. Macedonian shield with thunderbolt in the centre, surrounded by five double crescents with five dots between each. / B-A to left and right of laureate Macedonian helmet, A below. Price 415B; Liampi 53. | Text | Image |
| Price 416 | Thunderbolt | Macedonia, Anonymous issue. After 311 BC. AE half unit. 16mm. Macedonian shield with thunderbolt in centre / B-A across field, Macedonian helmet with no ear-flaps; thunderbolt below. Liampi 41-50; SNG Sweden 1109; Pozzi 2029; Price 416. | Text | Image |
| Price 417 | Thunderbolt | Macedonia, AE half unit, 336-323 BC. 14mm, 3.73 g. Struck under Antipater, Polyperchon or Kassander. Macedonian shield with thunderbolt between two dots in the centre, surrounded by five crescents, five dots between each of them / B-A to left and right of laureate Macedonian helmet without ear-flaps, Δ below. Price 417. | Text | Image |
| Price 418 | Thunderbolt | Macedonia, AE half unit, 325-310 BC. 14mm, 4.12 g. Macedonian shield with thunderbolt between two dots in the centre, surrounded by five crescents with five dots between each / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet without ear-flaps, crayfish in lower centre. Price 418. | Text | Image |
| Price 419A | Star | Macedonia, AE quarter-unit, after 323 BC. 13mm, 1.98 g. Macedonian shield with star of eight rays on the boss, surrounded by five crescents with five dots between each / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet with ear flaps, caduceus in lower left field. Liampi 282; SNG Cop 1137; Price 419A. | Text | Image |
| Price 419A (2) | Star | Macedonia, AE quarter-unit, after 323 BC. 12mm, 1.45 g. Macedonian shield with star of eight rays on the boss, surrounded by five crescents with three dots between each / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet with ear flaps, caduceus in lower left field. Liampi 282; SNG Cop 1137; Price 419A. | Text | Image |
| Price 2064 | Gorgon | Macedonia, AE half unit, Struck under Asandros, ca 323-317 BC. 17mm, 4.15 g. Macedonian shield with facing head of Gorgoneion in the centre, surrounded by five crescents with five dots between each of them / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet with earflaps. Bipennis in lower left field, K in lower right field. Liampi 193-217; SNG Tübingen 1150; Gaebler 8; McClean 3621; SNG Cop 1129; Price 2064. | Text | Image |
| Price 2065 | Gorgon | Macedonia, AE quarter unit, 336-323 BC. 13mm, 1.75 g. Macedonian shield with Gorgoneion head facing in the centre, surrounded by five double crescents with dots between them / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet with ear-flaps, bipennis at lower left, K at lower right. Liampi 221-222; Price 2065. | Text | Image |
| Price 2069 | Gorgon | Macedonia, anonymous half unit. 17 mm, 3.14 g. Macedonian shield with Gorgoneion head facing in the centre, surrounded by five double crescents with five dots between each of them. / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet, barred Δ monogram at lower left, M at lower right. Price 2069; Liampi 223-229; SNG Sweden 1110-1111; Pozzi 2032; SNG Cop 1128; Paris Y28671.9. | Text | Image |
| Price 2070 | Gorgon | Macedonia Anonymous AE half unit. 229-220 BC. Gorgoneion head facing in the centre of a shield surrounded by five double crescents with five dots between them / B-A across fields, Macedonian helmet with cheek pieces. Rose in lower left field. Price 2070. | Text | Image |
| Price 2072 | Circles | Macedonia, AE half unit, 336-323 BC. Miletos or Mylasa mint. 15mm, 5.0 g. Macedonian shield with dot in three circles in the centre, surrounded by five double crescents / Macedonian helmet (no B-A), corn-ear at lower left, K at lower right. Price 2072. | Text | Image |
| Price 2605 | Caduceus | Macedonia, AE half unit, 336-323 BC. 14mm, 4.74 g. Macedonian shield with caduceus in the centre, surrounded by five double crescents with crescent between them / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet with ear-flaps, caduceus to left, YE monogram at lower left, rose at lower right. Liampi 82; Waddington 2804; Price 2605. | Text | Image |
| Price 2612 | Caduceus | Macedonia, AE half unit, 336-323 BC. 14mm, 3.72 g. Macedonian shield with caduceus in the centre, surrounded by five crescents with three dots between each / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet with ear-flaps, caduceus at lower left, TI in lower centre, rose at lower right. Price 2612; Thompson Sardes XIV, 295. | Text | Image |
| Price 2614 | Caduceus | Macedonia, AE half unit, ca 323-310 BC. Sardes mint. 15mm, 3.1 g. Macedonian shield with caduceus in the centre, surrounded by six double crescents / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet with earflaps, rose at lower left, TI in lower centre and caduceus at lower right. Liampi 88-90; Vienna 34564; Price 2614. | Text | Image |
| Price 2801 | Herakles | Macedonia, AE half unit, ca 323-310 BC. 16mm, 3.88 g. Macedonian shield with head of Herakles facing slightly left in the centre, surrounded by six crescents with dots between each of them / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet with earflaps. No symbols or fieldmarks. Liampi 98; Vienna 29446; Price 2801. | Text | Image |
| Price 2803 | Herakles | Macedonia, AE half unit, 323-301 BC. Asia Minor mint. 16mm, 4.89 g. Macedonian shield with head of Herakles facing slightly right in the centre, surrounded by five double crescents / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet with ear-flaps, ΡHA monogram in lower left field, caduceus in lower right field. Liampi 139-156; Hunterian 5; SNG Sweden 1114; SNG Cop 1134-1135: McClean 3620; SNG Tübingen 1157: Price 2803; AMNG 14. | Text | Image |
| Price 2806 | Herakles | Macedonia, AE half unit, ca 323-310 BC. 16mm, 3.65 g. Macedonian shield with head of Herakles facing slightly left in the centre, surrounded by five double crescents with five dots between each of them / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet with earflaps, corn-ear left at lower left. Liampi 109-127; SNG Cop 1132-1133; SNG Tübingen 1153-1155; Price 2806. | Text | Image |
| Price 3158 Sear 6781 | Gorgon | Macedonia, AE half unit, 306-301 BC. Struck under Demetrios Poliorketes. 16 mm. Macedonian shield with head of Gorgoinion facing in the centre, surrounded by five double crescents with five dots between each. / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet with ear-flaps, caduceus in lower left field, nothing in lower right field. Price 3158; Liampi 170-192; Paris 1607-1609; Bern 657; Gaebler 4; SNG Cop 1124-1125; SNG Tübingen 1149. | Text | Image |
| Price 3159 | Gorgon | Macedonia, AE half unit, 306-301 BC. Struck under Demetrios Poliorketes. 16mm, 4.56 g. Salamis, Cyprus mint. Macedonian shield with head of Gorgoneion facing in the centre, surrounded by five double crescents with five dots between each / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet with ear-flaps, caduceus in lower left field, IΣ monogram in lower right field. Liampi 252-269; SNG Evelpidis 1455-1456; SNG Cop 1122-1123; SNG Manchester 717; Weber 2189; Price 3159. | Text | Image |
| Price 3160 | Gorgon | Macedonia, AE quarter unit, anonymous, struck under Demetrios Poliorketes. 306-301 BC. 1.68 g. Shield with Gorgoneion head facing in centre, surrounded by five double crescents with five dots between them. / B-A, helmet with ear-flaps, caduceus at lower left, IΣ monogram at lower right. Price 3160; Liampi 270. | Text | Image |
| Price 3162 | Gorgon | Macedonia, AE half unit, ca 323-315 BC. 15mm, 2.84 g. Cyprus, struck under Demetrios Poliorketes. Macedonian shield with facing head of Gorgoneion in the centre, surrounded by five crescents with five dots between each of them / B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet with earflaps. Caduceus in lower left field, NK monogram in lower right field. Price 3162; Liampi 232-251; Vienna 10862; Paris 1610-1612; Gaebler 6; SNG Cop 1126; Pozzi 2033. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 1113 Sear 6780 | -- | Macedonian Kingdom, Anonymous AE19. Interregnum of 288-277 BC. Head of Herakles right wearing lionskin headdress / BAΣIΛEΩΣ between bow & club, race torch below. SNG Cop 1113; Weber 2185. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 1117 | -- | Macedonian Kingdom, Anonymous AE19. Head of Herakles right wearing lionskin / BAΣIΛEΩΣ between bow in case & club, race torch below. Countermark: head of lion. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 1124 | Gorgon | Macedonia, Anonymous AE22 Unit, after 311 BC. Macedonian shield with Gorgoneion in centre surrounded by double crescents with five dots between them / B-A across fields, Macedonian helmet with ear-flaps, caduceus at lower left. Liampi 170-192; Paris 1607-1609; Bern 657; Gaebler 4; SNG Cop 1124-1125; SNG Tübingen 1149; Price 3158. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 1134 | Herakles | Macedonian Kingdom, Anonymous AE22 Unit. Macedonian shield with head of Herakles facing in the centre / Macedonian helmet with ear-flaps, PHA monogram at lower left, caduceus at lower right. Liampi 139-156; Hunterian 5; SNG Cop 1134-1135: SNG Evelpidis 1468: McClean 3620; SNG Tübingen 1157: Price 2803; AMNG 14. | Text | Image |
| See also | Search for Macedonia, Kings, Anonymous at CoinArchives.com | |||
| See also | K. Liampi: Catalog of the so-called "Anonymous" Macedonian coins of the late 4th c, BC (in German) in JNG vol. 36 (1986) pdf download kindly provided by the Bayerische Num. Gesellschaft | |||
| Note: | Note: I have made an xls list of the shield/helmet types with drop down columns to speed up identification. It is on my pw-protected RIC lists page for those who have access. | |||
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