coin
- Museum number
- 1906,1103.123
- Description
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Silver coin. (whole)
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Laureate head of Zeus, right. (obverse)
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Horseman, right. (reverse)
- Production date
- 3rdC BC-2ndC BC (about)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 24 millimetres
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Weight: 13.17 grammes
- Curator's comments
- Blurton 1997
Within half a century of Philip IIs death an imitative coinage of direct copies had begun in the middle Danube region . These earliest copies are in effect forgeries, substitutes for originals which were not available in sufficient quantity. Gradually, in the process of copying, local deviations, either casual or intended, crept in . The head of Zeus becomes increasingly stylized; on some coins the hair and beard of Zeus are especially prominent while on others his wreath is emphasized and he is portrayed chinless. Philip II and his horse are also portrayed in an increasingly abstract manner. They appear as little more than line drawings on copies from Oltenia, of which this is an example, and Transylvania and degenerate into abstract and unrecognizable patterns on the coinage of the east Carpathians, the limit of Celtic expansion.
- 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
- 1906
- Department
- Coins and Medals
- Registration number
- 1906,1103.123
