Acquisition number: 1967.24
Other images
Obv.: Head of Zeus r., laureate, bearded.
Rev.: Boy riding r. on horse, palm in right hand, rein in left, aplustre (curved stern ornament of a warship with a frond-like appearance); Π between horse’s forelegs, ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ (‘of Philip’).
Title: Tetradrachmon of the kings of Makedonia (Macedon), in the name and types of Philip II of Makedonia, struck by Kassandros as regent - 1967.24
Acquisition number: 1967.24
Culture or period: Hellenistic.
Date: 317 - 305 BC.
Material: Metal - Silver
Object type: Coins - Greek
Dimensions: 24mm (w)
Origin region or location: Greece
Origin city: Amphipolis.
Display case or on loan: 5
Keywords: Coin, Greek, Macedonian, Philip II, Kassandros, Zeus, tetradrachmon, Amphipolis
A. Davesne and G. Le Rider, Le trésor de Meydancikkale (Cilicie Trachée) (Berkeley, University of California, 1980), pl. 46, 17-8.
H.A. Troxell, Studies in the Macedonian Coinage of Alexander the Great (New York, The American Numismatic Society, 1997), Group 9, 323-325.
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, USA, The Collection of the American Numismatic Society (New York, The American Numismatic Society, 1969-), 323-325.
Classical Numismatic Group Auction, 85-302.
1967.24
Tetradrachmon of the kings of Makedonia (Macedon), in the name and types of Philip II of Makedonia, struck by Kassandros as regent.
Silver 14.29 g. 24 mm. 317-305 BC.
Obv.: Head of Zeus r., laureate, bearded.
Rev.: Boy riding r. on horse, palm in right hand, rein in left, aplustre (curved stern ornament of a warship with a frond-like appearance); Π between horse’s forelegs, ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ (‘of Philip’).
Amphipolis mint.
After Alexander’s death, while the Diodochoi squabbled about succession, a number of regents, first Antipatros then his son Kassandros, struck tetradrachms with the name and types of Alexander’s father, Philip II.
A. Davesne and G. Le Rider, Le trésor de Meydancikkale (Cilicie Trachée) (Berkeley, University of California, 1980), pl. 46, 17-8.
H.A. Troxell, Studies in the Macedonian Coinage of Alexander the Great (New York, The American Numismatic Society, 1997), Group 9, 323-325.
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, USA, The Collection of the American Numismatic Society (New York, The American Numismatic Society, 1969-), 323-325.
Classical Numismatic Group Auction, 85-302.