Ancient Greek coin – HCR24015

Obverse

Design:

Head of Heracles, beardless, right, wearing lion-skin; dotted border

Inscription:

ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ

Design:

Horseman facing right

Period

Greek

Dynasty

Argead

Reign

Philip III Arrhidaeus

Person

Philip III Arrhidaeus, 323 BCE–317 BCE (ruler/authority)

Mint

uncertain Greek or Macedonian mint (Greek)

Denomination

Uncertain

Material

bronze

Technique

struck

Dating

c. 323 BC–c. 317 BC

Weight (g)

5.22

Axis

Diameter (mm)

17.3

Acquisition method

bequest

Acquisition date

1892

Source

Reverend Greville J. Chester

Acquisition credit

Bequeathed by the Reverend Graville J. Chester, 1892.

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