Ancient Greek coin – HCR24016

Obverse

Design:

Male head, beardless, diademed, right; dotted border

Inscription:

[ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ]

Design:

Horseman facing right; thunderbolt below, Ε to right

Period

Greek

Dynasty

Argead

Reign

Philip III Arrhidaeus

Person

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

Mint

uncertain Greek or Macedonian mint (Greek)

Denomination

Uncertain

Material

bronze

Technique

struck

Dating

c. 323 BC–c. 317 BC

Weight (g)

8.97

Axis

Diameter (mm)

21.2

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

26/10/1923

Source

B. Ashmole

Acquisition credit

Presented by B. Ashmole, 1923.

Acquisition note

CSG: probably presented 26/10/1923 (with hcr132272 and 8 others). In Ashmole (1994) no mention appears to be made of the acquisition.

Place of purchase

Athens, 1920

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