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Macedonia: Philip II 340-328 BC
	Hamburger Kunsthalle Sculptural. The new Galleries (from April 2026) SKU-26/03.06 Animal Images
Inventory no	MO-1919-11
Obverse	Head of Apollo, laureate, right.
Reverse	ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ. Charioteer in a biga, right, holding whip in the right hand and reins in the left hand. Under the horses a trident as mintmark.
Class/status	Ancient Ruler's issue
Authority	Philippos II (359-336 BC), king of Macedon
Date	340-328 BC Classical
Denomination	Stater Stater Literally the resp. one unit. Hence designating the main unit within a certain currency of a Greek city or realm. The silver tetradrachm of Athens or the tridrachm of Corinth hence are also the stater within each denominational system. The main meaning though, especially in modern scholarship, is that of a denomination in gold of about 8.6 grams in the Attic standard.
	Gold ; 8,56 g; 18 mm; 10 h
Production	struck
Mint	Pella
Region	Macedonia
Country	Greece
Publications	R. Postel, Katalog der antiken Münzen in der Hamburger Kunsthalle (1976) Nr. 94; H. Börger, Die antiken Münzen und die Medaillen der Kunsthalle zu Hamburg ([1921]) Nr. 52; W. Hofmann (Hrsg.), Hamburger Kunsthalle (1985) Nr. 597; W. Hofmann (Hrsg.), Hamburger Kunsthalle, 2. Auflage (1989) Nr. 665; Le Rider, Le monnayage d'àrgent et d'or de Philippe II (1977) Nr. 270 (dieses Exemplar) Vgl. K. Regling, Die antike Münze als Kunstwerk (1924) S. 135 Taf. XXXIX Nr. 812.
Web Portals	http://numismatics.org/pella/id/lerider.philip_ii.3.270
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
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Object number	ID2720
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