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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II359 - 336 BC
AR tetrobol, 12.7 mm, 2.271 grams, 135 degrees
Pella(?) mint, posthumous, c. 323 - 315 BC
O: Diademed head of Apollo right
R: ΦIΛIΠΠOY, nude horseman cantering right, fulmen(?) below.
Ref: cf. SNG ANS 572 ff. (various control symbols)
Notes: F/aF, etched porous surfaces, scrapes
Ex-Forum Ancient CoinsVirgil H
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Kings of Macedon, Alexander IV or Philip III Arrhidaios323-317 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 2022Virgil H
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Kings of Macedon, Kassander319 - 297 BC
AE 20, 6.584 grams, 30 degrees
Macedonia, Pella or Amphipolis minted from 306 - 297 BC
O: Head of Herakles right wearing lion skin head dress
R: KAΣΣANΔPOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, horseman riding right, raising right hand in salute, star right, Λ below, T between forelegs
Ref: SNG Alpha Bank 912 ff., SNG München 999, SNG Cop 1144, HGC 3.1 992
Notes: aVF, dark patina, porosity, scratches
Ex- Forum Ancient Coins, May 2023; TMC (Tom Maus Coins, Johnson City, NY)Virgil H
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Kings of Macedon, Phillip II359 - 336 BC
AE 1/2 unit, 13.6 mm, 3.114 grams, 180 degrees
uncertain Macedonian mint
O: Head of of Herakles left, wearing lion skin headdress
R: ΦIΛIΠΠOY, nude young male rider on horse prancing right, Θ below
Ref: cf. SNG ANS 977-978
Ex-Forum Ancient Coins, Feb 2023Virgil H
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Macedon, Amphipolis169 – 146 BC
AE 23 mm, 7.26 grams, 0 degrees
O: Diademed head of Artemis Tauropoulos (or Apollo) right.
R: AMΦIΠΟ-ΛI-TΩ-N across fields and beneath two goats standing on their hind legs, fighting.
Ref: SG 1394; Plant 1092; SNG ANS 115-117
Ex-Forum Ancient Coins Lot (part of) Nov 2022Virgil H
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