Alopeconnesos, on the western shore of the Chersonese, owed its origin and name, according to Steph. Byz., to the fact that the first settlers had been commanded by an oracle to found a city on the spot where they should first see the cubs of a fox (αλωπηξ).
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![Alopeconnesos in Thracia, 325-300 BC., Æ 17, Plant 2119
Alopeconnesos in Thracia, 325-300 BC.,
Tetrachalkon / Æ 17 (16-17 mm / 4,52 g), bronze, coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 180°),
Obv.: head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy.
Rev.: A - Λ - Ω , kantharos, bunch of grapes to lower left; [below r., fox or corn grain ?].
Plant 2119 ; cf. SNGuk_0601_0470 ; cf. Moushmov 5458 ; cf. BMC Thrace, p. 188 .
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Alopeconnesos, on the western shore of the Chersonese, owed its origin and name, according to Steph. Byz., to the fact that the first settlers had been commanded by an oracle to found a city on the spot where they should first see the cubs of a fox (αλωπηξ).
Schlüsselwörter: Alopeconnesos Thracia Thrace Dionysos Ivy Kantharos Grapes](images/image.gif?id=1151016124669 "Klicken für Bild in voller Größe
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Alopeconnesos in Thracia, 325-300 BC., Æ 17, Plant 2119
Alopeconnesos in Thracia, 325-300 BC.,
Tetrachalkon / Æ 17 (16-17 mm / 4,52 g), bronze, coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 180°),
Obv.: head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy.
Rev.: A - Λ - Ω , kantharos, bunch of grapes to lower left; [below r., fox or corn grain ?].
Plant 2119 ; cf. SNGuk_0601_0470 ; cf. Moushmov 5458 ; cf. BMC Thrace, p. 188 .
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Alopeconnesos, on the western shore of the Chersonese, owed its origin and name, according to Steph. Byz., to the fact that the first settlers had been commanded by an oracle to found a city on the spot where they should first see the cubs of a fox (αλωπηξ).
Schlüsselwörter: Alopeconnesos Thracia Thrace Dionysos Ivy Kantharos Grapes")