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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4687689, member: 99456"]Compared with a Roman republican denariius, my latest coin seems impressively large and three dimensional. This is not a Macedonian tetradrachm with a portrait of Philip II, father of Alexander "The Great". However, it is not far off, the Greek writing on the back well done and the portrait not unfaithful to the original. So similar that there is <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3624695" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3624695" rel="nofollow">one very close sold in 2017</a> from Numismatik Naumann as</p><p><img src="https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/45/3598/3624695.s.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Philip II (359-336 BC). Tetradrachm. Amphipolis.</p><p>Le Rider pl. 47, 23; SNG ANS 794; HGC 3.1, 988 (Kassander).</p><p><br /></p><p>Misidentified? If anyone has a copy of Le Rider <i>Philippe</i>, I would like to confirm the reference to pl. 47, 23.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bngev.de/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/1970-Band-XX.pdf#page=93" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bngev.de/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/1970-Band-XX.pdf#page=93" rel="nofollow">One interesting paper</a> here (in German) that discusses the people who minted these coins - with the Thracians discussed for earlier more faithful copies before Celts were in the region. I find this an amazing 2300+ year old coin. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1153066[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="4"><b>Eastern Europe, imitating Philip II of Macedon</b>, 3rd century BC, AR Tetradrachm, (25mm, 13.80g). Complete legend type. Struck in the central and lower Carpathian region (Modern Romania) </font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obv:</b> Laureate head of Zeus right </font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Rev:</b> ΦIΛIΠΠ-OY, Nude youth on horseback left, holding rein and palm frond; Λ above torch below, monogram below raised foreleg.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Before the coin above this coin better represented my expectations from an "imitative" tetradrachm: [ATTACH=full]1153083[/ATTACH] </font></p><p>Tetradrachm from the lower Danube area imitating issues of Philip III of Macedon.</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Stylized head of Herakles right (nose right)</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Zeus enthroned holding a bird</p><p><br /></p><p>Additional references, corrections and comments are always appreciated. <b>Post your coins of Philip II, Eastern European and Celtic imitative coins, or anything you find interesting or entertaining.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4687689, member: 99456"]Compared with a Roman republican denariius, my latest coin seems impressively large and three dimensional. This is not a Macedonian tetradrachm with a portrait of Philip II, father of Alexander "The Great". However, it is not far off, the Greek writing on the back well done and the portrait not unfaithful to the original. So similar that there is [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3624695']one very close sold in 2017[/URL] from Numismatik Naumann as [IMG]https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/45/3598/3624695.s.jpg[/IMG] Philip II (359-336 BC). Tetradrachm. Amphipolis. Le Rider pl. 47, 23; SNG ANS 794; HGC 3.1, 988 (Kassander). Misidentified? If anyone has a copy of Le Rider [I]Philippe[/I], I would like to confirm the reference to pl. 47, 23. [URL='https://www.bngev.de/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/1970-Band-XX.pdf#page=93']One interesting paper[/URL] here (in German) that discusses the people who minted these coins - with the Thracians discussed for earlier more faithful copies before Celts were in the region. I find this an amazing 2300+ year old coin. [ATTACH=full]1153066[/ATTACH] [SIZE=4][B]Eastern Europe, imitating Philip II of Macedon[/B], 3rd century BC, AR Tetradrachm, (25mm, 13.80g). Complete legend type. Struck in the central and lower Carpathian region (Modern Romania) [B]Obv:[/B] Laureate head of Zeus right [B]Rev:[/B] ΦIΛIΠΠ-OY, Nude youth on horseback left, holding rein and palm frond; Λ above torch below, monogram below raised foreleg. Before the coin above this coin better represented my expectations from an "imitative" tetradrachm: [ATTACH=full]1153083[/ATTACH] [/SIZE] Tetradrachm from the lower Danube area imitating issues of Philip III of Macedon. [B]Obv:[/B] Stylized head of Herakles right (nose right) [B]Rev:[/B] Zeus enthroned holding a bird Additional references, corrections and comments are always appreciated. [B]Post your coins of Philip II, Eastern European and Celtic imitative coins, or anything you find interesting or entertaining.[/B][/QUOTE]
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