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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     765853      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Greek Region:     MACEDONIAN Kings Issuer:     Philip II Date Ruled:     359-336 BC Metal:     Silver Denomination:     KINGS of MACEDON Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     BC 316/5-295/4 Obverse Description:     Laureate head of Zeus right Reverse Legend:     ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ Reverse Description:     Youth, holding palm, on horseback right; below, thunderbolt above Z; dolphin below horse's raised foreleg Mint:     Amphipolis Primary Reference:     Le Rider pl. 48, 4 Reference2:     SNG ANS 812 Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=82065 Special Comments:     Struck under Kassander or his son, Antipater, circa 316/5-295/4 BC. Grade:     EF Notes:     These late issues attributed to Amphipolis may actually be the earliest Celtic imitations of Philip II's tetradrachms. They exhibit a more formalized style, and Philip's name is sometimes, as on this particular issue, broken after the second Π.

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