IDNO

P.5606.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: Alexander the Great, fig.1; Philip of Macedon, fig.2, Carl von Ujfalvy, Arch. f. Anth. 1899, p.48, pl.XXVI.

Drawing of the two coins, on the left is a silver tetradrachma with the head of Alexander the Great (c. 323 BC), and on the right is the head of Philip II of Macedon (c. 359-336 BC). [JD 27/10/2009]

Place

Europe Balkans; N Africa; W Asia; S Asia; Greece; Egypt; India; Macedonia [Macedonian Empire]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Alexander the Great; Philip II of Macedon

Photographer

von Ujfalvy, Karl Eugen [Author]

Collector / Expedition

Date

1899

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Place: The Place field was previously recorded as being “Asia”, but the coins are captioned with ‘Alexander the Great’, and his father, ‘Philip II’, both of the Macedonian Empire. The Macedonian Empire was centrered in mptheastern part of the Greek peninsula, and Under Philip II, (359–336 BC), Macedon expanded into the territory of the Paionians, Thracians, and Illyrians. Among other conquests, he annexed the regions of Pelagonia and Southern Paionia. Alexander the Great (356–323 BC), managed to briefly extend Macedonian power not only over the central Greek city-states, but also to the Persian empire, including Egypt and lands as far east as the fringes of India. The Place and Group fields has been amended accordingly. [Source: Encyclopedia Britannica Online, JD 27/10/2009]

Bibliographical Reference: VON UJFALVY, KARL EUGEN: - Aus dem westlichen Himalaja. Erlebnisse und Forschungen. Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1884.

Bibliographical Reference: Carl von Ujfalvy, Archiv für Anthropologie, 1899, XXVI, figs 14, 15, p.65 [JD 27/10/2009]