bgr_1063769 - MACEDONIA - PHILIPPI Assarion
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Type : Assarion
Date: 356-345 AC.
Mint name / Town : Philippes, Macédoine
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 4,81 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d’Héraklès à droite coiffée de la léonté.
Reverse
Reverse description : Trépied delphien.
Reverse legend : [FILIPPWN]
Historical background
MACEDONIA - PHILIPPI
(356-330 BC)
When Philip II of Macedon (359-336 BC) seized Amphipolis and the mines of Pangea, the mining area of Krenides took the name of the monarch. The workshop operated for a quarter of a century.
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