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ID:
76003023
[UNVERIFIED]
Type:
Greek
Region:
MACEDONIAN KINGS
Issuer:
Philip II
Date Ruled:
359-336 BC
Metal:
Silver
Denomination:
Tetradrachm
Struck / Cast:
struck
Weight:
14.31 g
Die Axis:
4 h
Obverse Description:
Laureate head of Zeus right
Reverse Legend:
ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ
Reverse Description:
Youth on horseback right, holding palm and reins; Λ below, • within Π below raised foreleg
Mint:
Amphipolis
Primary Reference:
Le Rider P. 124 (this coin cited)
Reference2:
Troxell, Studies, group 9, 335 = Paeonian Hoard 60 (this coin)
Reference3:
SNG ANS -
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group
Source:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=109565
Grade:
Near EF
Notes:
Struck under Kassander, circa 316-314 BC. Extremely rare issue, one of approximately four known, the only one not in a museum. From the John A. Seeger Collection. Ex Catalog of the Paeonian Hoard (Sotheby, 16 April 1969), lot 60; Paeonia 1968 Hoard (IGCH 410; CH I, 40).The other three examples are all from the RÉjantzi (Grahovo), Bulgaria 1961 hoard (IGCH 411), which is in the Bulgarian national collection in Sofia (see Le Rider, pp. 304-10).
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