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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Quant.Geek, post: 2911226, member: 74799&quot;]An outstanding OP coin!&nbsp; I have been slowly massing up several Herakles themed coins lately and hence I picked up several Philip III coins:</p><p><br /></p><p><b> Macedonian Kingdom: Philip III <b>Arrhidaios </b>(323-317 BCE) AR Drachm, Colophon (Price P44; Muller P51) </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion&#039;s skin headdress</p><p>Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ; Zeus enthroned facing left holding eagle and scepter, lyre in left field, monogram below throne</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Price-P44.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b> Macedonian Kingdom: Philip III Arrhidaios (323-317 BCE) AR Tetradrachm, Amphipolis (Price 109) </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion&#039;s skin headdress</p><p>Rev: Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ around; Athena Promachos facing right in left field </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Price-109.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b> Macedonian Kingdom: Philip III Arrhidaios (323-317 BCE) AR Drachm, Kolophon (Price 1754)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>&nbsp;</b> Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin</p><p>Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY; Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; kerykeion in left field, spearhead in outer right field</p><p><br /></p><p><i>This reverse die used for this coin was originally used to strike the previous issue, Price 1753, with vertical barley grain below the throne. Here one can see the remnant of the barley grain after an attempt was made to “erase” it in the die. Moreover, this coin was struck from the same obverse die as the plate coin for Price 1753.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Price-1754.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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