Description
Collection Number: WC 140
Object Number:
Dates: 340 BC - 328 BC
Denomination: stater
Dimensions: 18.00mm
Weight: 8.47g
Authority: Philipp II of Macedon
Mint: Pella
Languages: Greek
Obverse Type: Laureate head of Apollo right
Obverse Legend:
none
Obverse Inscription Languages: none
Obverse Mintmarks:
none
Obverse Inscription Comment: none
Reverse Type: Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left, driving biga of horses right; thunderbolt below; below exergual line: PHILIPPOU.
Reverse Legend:
PHILIPPOU
Reverse Inscription Languages: Greek
Reverse Mintmarks:
none
Reverse Inscription Comments: none
Provenance
Possibly the same coin as Helbing 12/4/1927 no. 1689 (8.55g) or G. Hirsch 71 (1971) no. 41 (8.46g), which G. Le Rider thought were possibly indentical with one another.
Bibliography
Georges Le Rider Le monnayage d’argent et d’or de Philippe II (Paris: 1977): Pella II.1 no. 78 (D35/R63) (same dies as R. Ratto Milan 1935 XIV Monete greche 3 no. 1464; ANS (not in SNG); commerce (hoard of 1967); Monnaies et Médailles Basle list 174 (1957) no. 3; Helbing 12/4/1927 no. 1689; G. Hirsch 71 (1971) no. 41)
WC I no. 140 (this coin)
SNG ANS VIII. Macedonia II --
SNG Greece II. Alpha Bank --
SNG Greece IV. Saroglos --