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Hemidrachm
| Issuer | Philippi (Macedon) |
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| Year | 356 BC - 345 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Philippi#14 , SNG ANS 7#656 |
| Obverse description | Head of Herakles in right-facing profile, clad in the Nemean lion skin headdress, the scalp drawn over the crown of the head with the lion's jaws framing the face and the forepaws knotted at the neck. The facial features are rendered in a vigorous, archaising style characteristic of early Macedonian civic coinage, with a strong jaw and deeply set eye visible beneath the leonine headdress. The field is plain, with no legend or additional devices. |
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| Reverse description | A filleted tripod cauldron occupies the central field, rendered with three legs and a prominent bowl adorned with a fillet. The ethnic legend ΦΙΛΙΠΠΩΝ is divided across the field, with ΦΙΛΙΠ descending to the right of the tripod and ΠΩΝ descending to the left. A laurel branch appears above the tripod, while a single wheat grain is placed to the left, serving as a secondary symbol referencing the agricultural prosperity of the Philippian region. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΦΙΛΙΠΠΩΝ |
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