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CANCA-B163-2-1-3-CP

Metal Type:bronze
Issuing Authority:N/A
Weight:14.19 g
Diameter:31.59 mm
Mint:Macedonia (Region)
Date:
Denomination: tetradrachm
Obverse Image Description:Bust of Artemis diademed right, within boss of Macedonian shield. Quiver behind head.
Obverse Inscription:None.
Reverse Image Description:Club of Heracles horizontal in center, flanked on each side by Greek inscription and surrounded by an oak wreath. Thunderbolt on left.
Reverse Inscription:ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΟΝ ΠΡΟΘΣ. ΑΓ (monogram) above club.


Attached People: No People Attached To This Coin

Bibliographic Source(s): Sylloge nummorum graecorum: Ashmolean Mu..., page: Part III, no. 3295, notes:

Notes:Bronze replica of a silver tetradrachm.
Catalogue References
Li Ms E16c 3 Head of Diana, her Quiver on
her shoulder.

Reverse. withinWithin a Chaplet
ΑΓ
ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ
ΠΡΩΤΗΣ

Between the Words a knotted Club.
onOn the side a three forked Thunder bolt.

Bargrave
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Li Ms E16d No. 3 Head of Diana known
by her Quiver upon her
Shoulder.

Reverse.
A Club, I think, between the
two following Words

ΜΑΚΕΔ°ΟΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΗΣ
at the Bottom a Thunderbolt.
dw : gr
9 : 3¼
Bargrave

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