Bottiaea was a geographical region of ancient Macedonia and an administrative district of the Macedonian Kingdom. Bottiaea comprised the northeastern part of Imathia and the area between the Loudias and the Axios Rivers. The historic cities of Bottiaea were Aloros, Pella (second capital of Macedon), Edessa, Atalanta, Gortynia, Kyrros, Skydra, and Ichnae.
It was previously inhabited by the Bottiaeans, a people of uncertain origin, later expelled by the Macedonians into Bottike (Chalcidice). In Roman times it was replaced by Emathia as a geographical term.
It was previously inhabited by the Bottiaeans, a people of uncertain origin, later expelled by the Macedonians into Bottike (Chalcidice). In Roman times it was replaced by Emathia as a geographical term.
Modern location: western area of Giannitsa, Greece
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Gaius Publilius Quaestor
Obverse: helmeted head of Athena right
Reverse: feeding cow right; ΓΑMIOY (ΠΛY) / (BT), TAMIOY
Diameter:
18 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 5.67 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 5.67 g
No notes for this coin
MacKay pl. III, 5; Touratsoglou, Macedonia 23; SNG Copenhagen 1323