Ancient Greek coin

Details

• Title

  Ancient Greek coin

• Associated people

  Philip III Arrhidaeus (323 BC - 317 BC ) (ruler)

• Associated place

  The Greek World › Asia Minor › Ionia › Miletus (mint)

• Date

  c. 323 BC–c. 319 BC

• Material and technique

  bronze, struck

• Material index

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › bronze

• Technique index

  struck

• Object type

  currency › coin

• Dimensions

  19 mm (diameter)
  5.58 g (weight)
  1 o'clock (die-axis)

• Inscription/mark

  ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ

• Design

  Male head, beardless, diademed, right; dotted border (obverse)

  
  

  Horseman facing right; double-axe above, monogram below (reverse)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by W. H. Buckler.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Heberden Coin Room

• Accession no.

  HCR24019

• Standard URI

  http://hcr.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/HCR24019

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