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Kings of Macedon, Alexander IV or Philip III Arrhidaios
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323-317 BC
AE half unit, 16 mm, 4.2 grams, 180 degrees
O: Gorgoneion head facing in the centre of a shield surrounded by five double crescents with five dots between them.
R: B-A across fields, Macedonian helmet with cheek pieces. Rose in lower left field.
Ref: Price 2070; HGC 3 958a. This is a difficult one. Alexander IV was not really a king except in name. One source says minted under Asandros, circa 323-319 BC. Another source lists it as Phillip III Arrhidaios. Hard to tell if the image inside the shield is a gorgoneion or Herakles, but I think gorgoneion.
Ex-Forum Ancient Coins Lot (part of), Nov 2022
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