The Ancient Coinage of Beroea - Macedonia
Listed by Moushmov Number
(Not to be confused with Beroea, Syria)
BEROEA - in the region of Emathia at the eastern foot on the Bermios mountains. The town received the title of metropolis and newkoria twn sebastwn from Nerva. Modern day Kara-Veria.
Semi-autonomous bronze coins.
Note: Some of the images below are taken from the pdf of AMNG III-2 and are not available in larger formats.
| 6146. Dated AD 243-244. AΛEΞANΔΡOY. Helmeted head of Alexander III right. / KOIN MAKE B NEΩ BEΡIE. Young man standing, loins draped, standing left, holding whip in left arm and a patera over burning altar. To the left is a table with two prize urns, each containing a palm branch, and - behind the altar - is a column surmounted by an amphora or voting urn, date EOC in upper field. AMNG 2. 26 mm. | |
| 6147. AΛEΞANΔΡOY, youthful head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. / KOI MAKEΔONΩN B NEΩ BEΡOIΩ, Hygieia seated left by altar, feeding a serpent arising from it. AMNG 1; Berlin 1. |  |
| 6148. AΛEΞANΔΡOY. Helmeted head of Alexander III right. / KOIN MAKE B NEΩ BEΡAIΩN. Male figure standing left, sacrificing over burning altar, a table with two prize crowns, each containing a palm branch behind the altar, a column surmounted by a voting urn by the altar. (no date in field) | |
| AMNG 3. AΛEΣANΔΡOY (S retrograde, OY ligate), diademed head of Alexander left, thunderbolt beneath neck. / KOINON MAKEΔONΩN B NEΩK around, BEΡOIAIΩN in lower field, horseman with chlamys, boots and couched lance, on horseback galloping right. AMNG 3; BMC 1. 25-26 mm. |  |
| AMNG 4. AΛEΣANΔΡOY (S retrograde), diademed head of Alexander with long hair. / KOINON MAKEΔON above, B NEΩKOΡ below, BEΡOIAIΩ-N in two lines below, two tetrastyle temples seen in perspective. AMNG 4; Berlin 3. 25-26 mm. Struck AD 246. |  |
| AMNG III, 864. Helmeted head of Alexander right. / KOIN MAKE B NEΩ BEΡAIΩN, Male figure standing left before a table with two prize crowns, each containing a palm branch, a column surmounted by a voting urn in the background. AMNG III, 864. (Image: Helios Numismatik auction 7, Lot 344, Dec. 2011). Ca. AD 244. |  |
| AMNG III 869 var. AΛEΞANΔΡOY, head of Alexander, wearing Attic helmet. / KOIN MAKEΔO B NEΩ EN BEΡOIA, two prize crowns on a table. AMNG III 869 var. 9.77 g. Struck ca AD 246. (Image: Gorny & Mosch auction 126, Lot 1764, Oct. 2003.) |  |
| AMNG III 870. AΛEΞANΔΡOY, diademed head of Alexander left. / KOIN MAKEΔON NEΩ N BEΡOI-A, two prize crowns, each containing a palm branch. AMNG III 8870; Righetti Coll. 81. 22 mm, 6.15 g. Struck AD 240-250. (Image: M&M (DE) auction 13, Lot 81, Oct. 2003, Righetti collection sale.) |  |