Ancient Coinage of Macedonia, Uranopolis


Uranopolis was founded by the somewhat eccentric Alexarchos, the brother of the Macedonian king, Kassander.

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BMC 1Uranopolis, Macedonia. AR didrachm, 20 mm. 7.59 g. Fully circular sun disk surrounded by rays. / OYΡANIΔΩN downwards to right of Aphrodite Urania seated left on globe, head facing and wearing conical cap surmounted by a star, holding sceptre with two fillets. Star on cone in lower left field. BMC 1; Moushmov 6906; AMNG III-2, 1 corr. (star on cone misdescribed).TextImage
Moushmov 6909Uranopolis, Macedonia. AE16, civic issue, ca. 300 BC. 3.02 g. Star with eight rays. / OYΡANIΔΩ-ΠOΛEΩΣ, Aphrodite Urania (also described as Zeus) sitting left on globe, head facing, holding sceptre. Moushmov 6909; AMNG III-2, 3; SNG ANS 914-918; BMC 2-4; Sear SG 1475.TextImage
Price 509Alexander III AR Tetradrachm. Uranopolis mint. Struck 310-275 BC, posthumous issue. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / AΛEΞANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; star on cone over X in left field, wreath beneath chair. Mueller 642. TextImage
Price 511Alexander III AR Tetradrachm. Uranopolis mint. Struck 300-290 BC, posthumous issue. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / AΛEΞANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; X over star on cone in left field, wreath beneath chair. TextImage
Price 514Alexander III AR Tetradrachm. Uranopolis mint. Struck 300-290 BC, posthumous issue. 17.12g. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. / AΛEΞANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre. Star on cone over X in left field. Π beneath chair. Price 514; Meydancikkale hoard 378; SNG Cop 705; Ehrhardt, Amphipolis 62.TextImage
Price 515Alexander III AR Tetradrachm. Uranopolis mint. Struck under Alexarchos, 300-290 BC. 27.5 mm, 17.14 g. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. / AΛEXANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre. Star on cone over X in left field. ΠA monogram beneath chair. Price 515.TextImage
Price 518Alexander III AR tetradrachm, posthumous issue, ca 300-290 BC, Uranopolis mint. 28 mm, 17.27 g. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. / AΛEXANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre. Star on cone over Θ in left field, A beneath throne. Price 518; Erhard "Amphipolis" 59; NBRM 2013-1-7.TextImage
Price 519Alexander III AR tetradrachm, posthumous issue, ca 300-290 BC, Uranopolis mint. 28 mm, 17.12 g. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. / AΛEXANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre. Star on cone over Θ in left field, Π beneath throne. Price 519; Meyendikkale hoard 379; Mueller 644.TextImage
Price 520Alexander III, AR tetradrachm, Uranopolis mint. Posthumous issue. 300-290 BC. 28 mm, 16.33 g. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. / AΛEXANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre. Star on obelisk above X in left field, Θ above the throne's strut, Π beneath the strut. Price 520.TextImage
Price 521Alexander III AR tetradrachm. Uranopolis mintm ca. 300–295 BC, posthumous issue. 28mm, 17.01 g. Head of Herakles right in lionskin headdress. / AΛEXANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre. Star on cone in left field, Θ above the strut of the chair, Π beneath the strut. Price 521; Armenak hoard 92; Prokesch-Osten 133.TextImage
Price 522Alexander III AR Tetradrachm. Uranopolis mint. posthumous issue, struck 300-290 BC. Head of Herakles right, in lionskin headdress / AΛEΞANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; star-on-cone above Θ in left field, ME monogram beneath chair. Mueller 645. TextImage
SNG ANS 918Uranopolis, Macedonia. Ca 300 BC. AE 13mm, 1.44 g. Eight-pointed star and crescent / OVΡANOΠ-OΛITΩN, Aphrodite Urania seated left on globe. SNG ANS 918; SNG Copenhagen 458.TextImage
See also: Entry for Uranopolis on the Digital Historia Numorum
Moushmov Online entry for Uranopolis
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