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Tetradrachm of Macedon, Philip III

Silver tetradrachm, 27mm, 17.09gm, issued 319/318 BC Sidon mint.

Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion skin headdress.

Rev: ΦIΛIΠΠOY, Zeus enthroned left holding eagle and sceptre, O to left, ΣI under throne.

References: see Sear 6748, HGC 972, Price P175.

o = Year 15 of King Abdalonymos, Alexander the Great's appointee to rule Sidon.

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