- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1963.44.67
- People
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Issued by Philip II of Macedonia, Greek (r. 359-336 BCE)
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Philip II of Macedonia, Amphipolis.
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 357 BCE -348 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Macedonia, Amphipolis (Macedonia)
- Period
- Classical period, Late
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/180032
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 14.38 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Reverse Inscription: M
- State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
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- Standard Reference Number
- Le Rider 31c (this coin)
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Aimée and Rosamond Lamb in memory of William Eliot Lamb, Class of 1858, Keeper and Cataloguer of the coins of the University in that year
- Accession Year
- 1963
- Object Number
- 1963.44.67
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Obv.: Laureate head of Zeus r.
Rev.:Horseman facing l., wearing kausia; under horse's leg, M; below, trident head.
- Exhibition History
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Re-View: S422 Ancient & Byzantine Art & Numismatics, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 04/12/2008 - 06/18/2011
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