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Ognyan A:
Hello ,  Recently I saw this Coin . I have seen a lot Philip the 2nds , but never saw such a tetradrachm. First moment I saw it , though it's a Celtic imitation , but after I looked at the reverse I made a conclusion that it must be a original one. What is your opinion, will be happy to hear some information, more .Thank you!

Ognyan A:
The reverse

Meepzorp:
Hi Gnikiv,

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Ognyan A:
Okey , I'm sorry , I haven't rod the rules. I did modify it , so if it's still wrong please let me know . Thank you.

Altamura:
There are only very few tetradrachms of Philip II with the head of Zeus to left and I didn't find a single one where the rider is riding to right and wearing a kausia (this flat hat).
Especially if you have a look into PELLA you find nothing comparable: http://numismatics.org/pella/results?q=statedAuthority_facet%3A%22Philipp%20II.%20%28Makedonien%29%22%20AND%20deity_facet%3A%22Zeus%22%20AND%20fulltext%3A%22head%20of%20zeus%20to%20left%22
Also the leg of the rider looks a bit strange :-\.

So it is perhaps really a contemporary imitation.

Regards

Altamura

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