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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Celtic & Tribal| > MA92913
Eastern Celts, Imitative of Alexander the Great and Phillip III, c. 319 - 250 B.C.
|Celtic| |&| |Tribal|, |Eastern| |Celts,| |Imitative| |of| |Alexander| |the| |Great| |and| |Phillip| |III,| |c.| |319| |-| |250| |B.C.|, Many Celtic coins copy Greek and Roman types. Some of these imitatives, such as this coin, closely resemble their prototypes. This coin is very similar to Macedonian Kingdom drachms struck with in the name of Alexander the Great with his usual types - "Alexandrine" type drachms. This coin copies an Alexandrine drachm struck for Alexander's brother and successor, Philip III, at Colophon, c. 323 - 319 B.C. It has the same controls as this Philip drachm type, but the inscription on this imitative is Alexander's, not Philip's.
MA92913. Silver drachm, cf. prototype Price P48 (Philip III, Colophon, 323 - 319), VF, porous and grainy, tribal mint, weight 3.088g, maximum diameter 17.7mm, die axis 270o, c. 319 - 250 B.C.; obverse stylized head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse Zeus seated left on throne, diademed, right leg drawn back, eagle in right hand, long scepter in left hand, blundered ΠA monogram (control) left, B (control) under throne, inscription imitative of AΛEΞANΔPOY downward on the right; SOLD










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