coin
- Museum number
- 1866,1201.1028
- Description
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Silver coin. (whole)
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Head of Zeus, laureate, right; dotted border. (obverse)
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Philip II on horseback, wearing helmet, right; carrying laurel branch;l below, wreath; dotted border. (reverse)
- Production date
- 340BC-315BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Die-axis: 6 o'clock
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Diameter: 25 millimetres
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Weight: 14.280 grammes
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- Curator's comments
- Blurton 1997
All Iron Age coinage is in origin imitative, following a chosen classical model. This tetradrachm (four drachm-piece) of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great, was the principal prototype of the imitative coinages made in the Danube basin. On the obverse is a head of Zeus; on the reverse the rider holding a palm branch refers to Philip of Macedon's victories at the Olympic Games, while the symbol below the horse, a torch, shows that it is from the mint at Amphipolis.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1998 9 Feb-3 May, India, Mumbai, Sir Caswasjee Jahangir Hall, The Enduring Image
1997 13 Oct-1998 5 Jan, India, New Delhi, National Museum, The Enduring Image
- Acquisition date
- 1866
- Department
- Money and Medals
- Registration number
- 1866,1201.1028
