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ID: |
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710749 |
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[UNVERIFIED]
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| Type: |
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Greek |
| Region: |
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MACEDONIAN KINGS |
| Issuer: |
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Philip II |
| Date Ruled: |
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359-336 BC
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| Metal: |
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Silver |
| Denomination: |
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Drachm |
| Struck / Cast: |
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struck |
| Date Struck: |
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BC 320/19-317 |
| Weight: |
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4.17 g |
| Die Axis: |
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7 h |
| Obverse Description: |
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Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress |
| Reverse Legend: |
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ΦΙΛΙΠ−ΠΟΥ |
| Reverse Description: |
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Youth on horseback right, holding palm in right hand, rein in left; grain ear below, Π below horse's raised foreleg |
| Mint: |
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Amphipolis |
| Primary Reference: |
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Troxell, Studies, Group 8, 388 = Le Rider, Monnayage pl. 7, 22 = SNG Lewis 500 (same dies) |
| Reference2: |
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Le Rider - |
| Reference3: |
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SNG ANS - |
| Reference4: |
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SNG MÜnchen -; SNG Alpha Bank - |
| Photograph Credit: |
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Classical Numismatic Group |
| Source: |
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http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=75977 |
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Grade:
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Superb EF |
| Notes: |
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Struck under Antipater or Polyperchon (for Philip III and Alexander IV), circa 320/19-317 BC. Extremely rare |
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