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Hemidrachm
| Issuer | Philippi (Macedon) |
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| Year | 356 BC - 345 BC |
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| Currency | Asiatic drachm |
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| Obverse description | Head of Artemis facing right, wearing a Corinthian helmet adorned with a crested plume, the hair rendered in fine wavy locks visible beneath the helmet rim. The facial features are depicted in the archaic-transitional Greek style characteristic of early Macedonian coinage, with a pronounced eye, aquiline nose, and slightly parted lips. The neck and lower drapery are partially visible at the base of the bust. The field is plain and uninscribed, the overall style reflecting the local Thracian-Macedonian artistic tradition of the mid-fourth century BC. |
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| Reverse description | A cult tripod cauldron set upon a tall three-legged stand, rendered in fine detail with the bowl seated prominently at centre; the legs of the tripod are flanked by what appear to be laurel branches or vine tendrils rising from the base, evoking the Apolline sanctuary at Philippi. The Greek ethnic legend ΦΙΛΙΠΠΩΝ is inscribed in the left field, reading downward. The composition fills the flan with monumental simplicity, consistent with the civic coinage conventions of Macedonian colonial cities in the fourth century BC. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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