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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3234422, member: 85693&quot;]I recently got a Philip III Arrhidaios drachm and after looking at hundreds of online examples (including Alexander the Great and also tetradrachms) I cannot figure it out.&nbsp; The reverse symbols are puzzling - I can find all three of them, but not all together on one coin like this.&nbsp; Compounding the problem, I am not sure I am interpreting them correctly:</p><p><br /></p><p>Left Field:&nbsp; Phi (possibly a torch, commonly found on these?)</p><p>Right Field:&nbsp; Club (Or horse leg?&nbsp; Or torch?)</p><p>Under throne:&nbsp; Rudder?&nbsp; Knife? </p><p><br /></p><p>The club is found on issues from Sardes, the phi from Kolophon, the rudder from Salamis.&nbsp; Maybe it is a fake?&nbsp; Any help greatly appreciated. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]845355[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Macedonia Kingdom&nbsp; Drachm</b></p><p><b>Philip III Arrhidaios </b></p><p><b>(c. 323-319 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Thrace-Kolophon mint Sardes?</b></p><p>Head of Herakles right, wearing</p><p>lion-skin / FILIPPOU, Zeus</p><p>seated left, right leg drawn back,</p><p>holding eagle &amp; scepter, F left,</p><p>club (?) rt., knife (rudder?) under throne.</p><p>Unattributed</p><p>(3.99 grams / 17 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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