Tetradrachm - Philip II Amphipolis

Features

Issuer Kingdom of Macedonia
King Philip II (359 BC - 336 BC)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 355 BC - 348 BC
Value Tetradrachm (4)
Currency Drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 14.45 g
Diameter 23.0 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
185503
References Le Rider# 165,
Georges Le Rider; 1977. Le monnayage d’argent et d’or de Philippe II : frappé en Macédoine de 359 à 294. Self-published, Paris, France.
SNG ANS 8# 486,
Hyla A. Troxell; 1994. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum / Part 8. Macedonia 2 (Alexander I-Philip II) : The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. American Numismatic Society, New York, United States.
SNG Munich 1# 109
Peter Robert Franke, Harald Küthmann; 1968. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland / Heft 1. Hispania - Gallia Narbonensis : Staatliche Münzsammlung München. Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin, Germany.

Obverse

Laureate head of Zeus to right

Reverse

Philip II, wearing kausia, chlamys and with his cloak billowing out behind him, raising his right hand in salute and riding horse walking to left. Below horse’s foreleg, bow

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ

Mint

Amphipolis, Macedonia, modern-day Amfipoli, Greece

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (355 BC - 348 BC) 

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