Bottiaiai in Macedonia 187BC Philip V or Perseus Pella Silver Greek Coin i57593

Item: i57593

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Greek city of Bottiaiai in Macedonia
Silver 2½ Obols 13mm (1.65 grams) Struck circa 187-168 B.C.
Pella mint. Struck under kings Philip V or Perseus
Reference: Liampi, Schild M47; AMNG III/1 123; SNG ANS –; SNG Ashmolean 3289
Macedonian shield with tetraskelis in central boss.
Stern of galley right; BOTTEATΩN on side; ΘE below.

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A
galley  is a type of

ship propelled by
rowers
that originated in the eastern
Mediterranean Sea
and was used for
warfare
,
trade
and
piracy
from the first millennium BC. Galleys 
dominated
naval warfare
in the Mediterranean from the 8th 
century BC until development of advanced sailing warships in the 17th century. 
Galleys fought in the wars of
Assyria
, ancient
Phoenicia
,
Greece
,
Carthage
and
Rome
until the 4th century AD. After the fall 
of the
Western Roman Empire
galleys formed the 
mainstay of the
Byzantine navy
and other navies of successors 
of the Roman Empire, as well as new
Muslim
navies. Medieval Mediterranean states, 
notably the Italian maritime republics, including
Venice
,
Pisa
,
Genoa
and the
Ottoman Empire
relied on them as the primary 
warships of their fleets until the 17th century, when they were gradually 
replaced by sailing warships. Galleys continued to be applied in minor roles in 
the Mediterranean and the
Baltic Sea
even after the introduction of
steam propelled
ships in the early 19th 
century.

The galley engagements at
Actium
and
Lepanto
are among the greatest
naval battles
in history.

Macedonia 
or Macedon was an
ancient

kingdom
on the northern periphery of
Classical Greece
and later the dominant state 
of
Hellenistic Greece
. It was ruled during most of 
its existence initially by the legendary founding dynasty of the
Argeads
, the intermittent
Antipatrids
and finally the
Antigonids
. Home to the
Macedonians
, the earliest kingdom was centered 
on the northeastern part of the
Greek peninsula
, bordered by
Epirus
to the west,
Paeonia
to the north, the region of
Thrace
to the east and
Thessaly
to the south.

The
rise of Macedon
, from a small kingdom at the 
fringe of typical Greek
city states
affairs, to one which came to 
control the fate of the entire Hellenic world, occurred under the reign of
Philip II
. With the innovative
Macedonian army
, he defeated the old powers of
Athens
and
Thebes
in the decisive
Battle of Chaeronea
in 338 BC and subdued them, 
while keeping Sparta
in check. His son
Alexander the Great
pursued his father’s effort 
to command the whole of Greece through the
federation of Greek states
, a feat he finally 
accomplished after
destroying a revolting Thebes
. Young Alexander 
was then ready to lead this force, as he aspired, in a large campaign against 
the
Achaemenid Empire
, in retaliation for the
invasion of Greece
in the 5th century BC.

In the ensuing
wars of Alexander the Great
, he was ultimately 
successful in conquering a territory that came to stretch as far as the
Indus River
. For a brief period his
Macedonian Empire was the most powerful in the world, the definitive
Hellenistic
state, inaugurating the transition 
to this new period of
Ancient Greek civilization
. Greek arts and 
literature flourished in the new conquered lands and advancements in philosophy 
and science were spread to the ancient world. Of most importance were the 
contributions of
Aristotle
, a teacher to Alexander, whose 
teachings carried on many centuries past his death.

After the
death of Alexander the Great
in 323 BC, the 
following
wars of the Diadochi
and the partitioning of 
his short-lived empire, Macedonia proper carried on as a Greek cultural and 
political center in the Mediterranean region along with
Ptolemaic Egypt
, the
Seleucid Empire
, and the
Attalid kingdom
. Important cities like
Pella
,
Pydna
, and
Amphipolis
were involved in power struggles for 
control of the territory, and new cities were founded, like
Thessalonica
by the usurper
Cassander
, which is now the second largest city 
of modern day Greece
. Macedonia’s decline of influence began 
with the
rise of Rome
until its ultimate subjection 
during the second
Macedonian Wars
.

The
Roman province
of
Macedonia 
(Latin:
Provincia Macedoniae,
Greek
: Ἐπαρχία 
Μακεδονίας) was officially established in 146 BC, after the Roman general
Quintus Caecilius Metellus
defeated
Andriscus of Macedon
, the last self-styled
King
of the ancient kingdom of
Macedonia
in 148 BC, and after the four client 
republics (the “tetrarchy“) 
established by Rome in the region were dissolved. The province incorporated 
ancient
Macedonia
, with the addition of
Epirus
,
Thessaly
, and parts of
Illyria
,
Paeonia
and
Thrace
. This created a much larger 
administrative area, to which the name of ‘Macedonia’ was still applied. The 
Dardanians, to the north of the Paeonians, were not included, because they had 
supported the Romans in their conquest of Macedonia.