Gomphi was situated on a tributary of the River Peneius on the edge of the Thessalian plains. Its position was of military and historical importance, as it guarded two of the chief passes into the plains. It was later renamed Philippopolis. Ruins of the town are near modern-day Mouzaki.
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| BCD 71.4 | Gomphi-Philippopolis, Thessaly, AE 19, ca 350 BC. 6.35 g. Head of Hera facing slightly right, wearing stephane / ΓOMΦIΩN, Zeus seated left on throne, holding thunderbold and sceptre. BCD Thessaly 71.4. | Text | Image |
| BCD 1040 | Gomphi-Philippopolis, Thessaly, AR drachm, ca. 350. 5.51 g. Head of Hera, wearing stephane, earrings and necklace, facing slightly right. / ΦIΛIΠΠOΠOΛEIT, Zeus seated left on rock, holding lotus-tipped sceptre amd resting left hand on the rock. Thunderbolt in left field. BCD 1040 (this coin); BMC 1 (with ΦIΛIΠΠOΠOΛEITΩN); Traité IV, 532 (ditto). | Text | Image |
| BCD 1041 | Gomphi-Philippopolis, Thessaly, AR hemidrachm, ca 350 BC. 15mm, 2.68 g. Head of Hera facing, wearing stephane, pendant earrings and a torc-like necklace / ΦIΛIΠΠ-OΠOΛITΩN, Zeus seated left on rock, holding sceptre. Thunderbolt in left field. BCD Collection 1041; BMC 1. | Text | Image |
| BCD 1042 | Gomphi-Philippopolis, Thessaly, AR obol, ca 350 BC. 0.84 g. Head of Hera right, hair rolled with a high, ornamented stephane, and wearing earring, and necklace / ΦIΛIΠΠ-OΠOΛITΩN, Zeus, naked, walking right, holding eagle and wielding thunderbolt. BCD (Nomos) 1042; Demetriadi 2. | Text | Image |
| BMC 4 | Gomphi-Philippopolis, Thessaly, AE unit. ca 300-280 BC, 8.63 g. Head of nymph, wearing diadem and pearl necklace facing slightly left. / ΓOMΦEΩN, Zeus seated left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre. BMC 4; Rogers 220; BCD Thessaly 1044 (this coin). | Text | Image |
| Lanz 102, 215 | Gomphi, Thessaly, AR obol, 350 BC. 0.88 g. Head of Hera right, wearing stephane, earring and necklace / ΦIΛ-IΠΠO, Zeus, naked, walking right, holding eagle and wielding thunderbolt. Apparently unpublished with this short rev. legend. Lanz 102, 215. | Text | Image |
| Rogers 215 | Gomphi-Philippopolis, Thessaly, AE unit. ca 300-280 BC, 7.2 g. Head of nymph, wearing diadem and pearl necklace facing slightly right. / ΓOMΦITOYN, Zeus seated left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre. Rogers 215; BCD Thessaly 1435.4 (this coin). | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 52 | Gomphi-Philippopolis, Thessaly. AE19 unit. 308-282 BC. 9.32g. Head of the nymph Hera facing slightly right. / ΓOMΦE-ITOYN, Zeus seated left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre. SNG Cop 52; SNG Evelpides 1523. | Text | Image |
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