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ID:     HCR24010
Type:     Greek
Region:     MACEDONIAN KINGS
Issuer:     Philip III
Date Ruled:     323-317 BC
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Tetradrachm
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     323-317 BC
Diameter:     25 mm
Weight:     16.91 g
Die Axis:     12 h
Obverse Description:     Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress
Reverse Legend:     ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ
Reverse Description:     Zeus seated left on throne with back, right leg drawn back, holding eagle in right hand and scepter in left; EI in left field; below throne, Α above strut
Mint:     Uncertain Phoenicia or Syria
Primary Reference:     Price 3563 (see note)
Reference2:     SNG Oxford 3239
Photograph Credit:     © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Source:     http://hcr.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/HCR24010
Special Comments:     Object No. HCR24010 . Provided with permission from Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. For further information go to http://hcr.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/content/copyright
Grade:     VF
Notes:     Seen by Price, but mis-identified as an issue in the name of Alexander.