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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 26230498, member: 87809&quot;]Thanks to <a href="https://rg.ancients.info/alexander/bronzes.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rg.ancients.info/alexander/bronzes.html" rel="nofollow">https://rg.ancients.info/alexander/bronzes.html</a> now I know what a gorytos is<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I was measuring and attributing this little coin, which took me a while:</p><p>Æ Unit</p><p>16.02 x 15.30 mm, 5.215 g, 1h</p><p>Makedonia, probably Pella, ca. 325 - 310 BC</p><p>Price No. 375</p><p><br /></p><p>And I found at rg.ancients that on this coin and I quote &quot;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&#039;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.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Price believed this coin type was minted both during and after Alexander&#039;s lifetime.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: Head of Alexander the Great as Herakles to r., wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck.</p><p>Rev.: club to left above, B Thunderbolt-A, bow and gorytos to r. below.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1675285[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1675286[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Did you know what a gorytos is? Please share your gorytos coins<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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