Thanks to https://rg.ancients.info/alexander/bronzes.html now I know what a gorytos is I was measuring and attributing this little coin, which took me a while: Æ Unit 16.02 x 15.30 mm, 5.215 g, 1h Makedonia, probably Pella, ca. 325 - 310 BC Price No. 375 And I found at rg.ancients that on this coin and I quote "a gorytos (case for bow and quiver) along with a club, and the bow lies within the gorytos rather than underneath the quiver. Sometimes it's erroneously referred to as a bow case, arrow case or quiver by dealers, as well as attribution references, with no distinction made between a gorytos and a quiver, but it also holds arrows as well, so is probably best referred to as a gorytos. This subtle but clear design difference and the greater number of extant quiver bronzes argues for these two types having different geographical origins." Price believed this coin type was minted both during and after Alexander's lifetime. Ob.: Head of Alexander the Great as Herakles to r., wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck. Rev.: club to left above, B Thunderbolt-A, bow and gorytos to r. below. Did you know what a gorytos is? Please share your gorytos coins
THRACE, PANTIKAPAION AE18 OBVERSE: Head of Pan left REVERSE: Bow and arrow Struck at Pantikapaion 400-300BC 4.4g, 18mm SNG BMC Black Sea 894
Quivers from Makedon... I dod not know if they would be Gorytos... Makedon Alexander III 336-323 BC AE 16 4-1g Salamis-Cyprus mint Herakles club bow quiver SA Price 3143 Makedon Alexander III 336-323 BC AE 19 Quiver Club Makedon Alexander III 336-323 BC AR Obol 7mm 0.51g Babylon Lifetime Herakles lion skin Club bow quiver wreath M Price 3744
This pretty coin with a Gorytos shouldn't gather dust in a coin drawer: Kingdom of Macedonia, Philip III(?), ca. 323-310 BC AE 20 (Hemiobol), 5.45g, 19.56mm, 45° struck at a mint in western Asia Minor Obv.: Head of youthful Herakles with lion's head scalp facing right, lion skin knotted under the chin Rev.: BAΣIΛEΩΣ above, decorated bow-holder (gorytos) with bow inside, the string of bow below, below, club, handle facing left, and torch (mint mark) Ref.: Price 2800; AMNG III/2, p. 173, no. 1, pl. XXXI, 25 (rev.); SNG Munich 919 VF, river patina Since the legend is only BASIΛEΩΣ, it dates back to the time of confusion following the death of Alexander III. Kind regards Jochen
