Agora Coin: N 1603
Inventory Number:   N 1603
Section Number:   ΑΑ-14
Category:   Coin
Description:   "I-56"
Forgery: apart from the fact that these types were not anciently struck in silver, the surface of the metal, especially on the reverse, has the pitted texture of a modern cast. The coin, drilled for attachment as an ornament, was found in 1937 during the demolition of modern houses.
Notes:   Coin no. 19.
Casts stored in Lab Case no. 52A.
Context:   Demolition.
Obverse:   Head of Apollo r., laureate.
Reverse:   ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ
Chariot drawn by two galloping horses r.
Notebook Page:   56
Negatives:   85-6-5
Weight:   4.06
Denomination:   (Gold stater)
Die Axis:   5:00
Material:   Silver
Metal:   Silver
Chronology:   359-336 B.C.
Date:   Fall 1937
Section:   ΑΑ
Period:   Greek
Authority:   Philip II, Forgery
    Kings of Macedonia
Bibliography:   Agora XXVI, p. 291, Appendix A:c, photo.
Published Type:   G. Le Rider, Le monnayage d'argent et d'or de Philippe II (Paris 1977), pp. 71-198, pls. 53-82.
References:   Publication: Agora XXVI
Publication Page: Agora 26, s. 361, p. 335
Image: 2012.74.1552 (85-6-5)
Card: ΑΑ-14