359 BC - 336 BC

Philippus II   Rex Macedoniae
Φίλιππος Β'   Βασιλέας Μακεδονίας
 AE 17
 SHH 4800

uncleaned
4800 Philippus II Rex Macedoniae AE uncleaned
cleaned
4800 Philippus II Rex Macedoniae AE cleaned

ground
4800 Philippus II Rex Macedoniae AE ground

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Obverse
Reverse

Notes
Reference
Provenance
 5.56 g   16.0-17.4 mm   12 o'clock   F

uncleaned
t = 2.7-4.0 mm w = 5.58 g ρ = 8.65 g/cm^3 σ(960 Hz) obv.   4.3-  5.3 rev.   3.9-  5.5 MS/m

cleaned
t = 2.7-4.0 mm w = 5.56 g ρ = 8.76 g/cm^3 σ(960 Hz) obv.   4.3-  5.3 rev.   4.5-  5.8 MS/m
                                                               σ(120 Hz) obv.                rev.   5.0-  6.6 MS/m
XRF %
 Au
 Ag
 Cu
 Sn
 Zn
 Pb
 As
S
 Cl
 P
 Na
 Ca
 Fe
 Si Sb
obv. 0.0 0.0
 63.5
 19.4
 0.0 0.5
 0.3
1.5
 0.7
 0.7
 0.0
 10.9
 0.6
 2.0
 0.0
rev.
 0.0
 0.0
 58.1
 20.9
 0.0
 0.6
 0.3
1.6
 0.6
 0.8
 0.0
 14.8
 0.8
 1.5
 0.0

Head of young Herakles right, clad in lion's skin.
ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ downward between gorytos on left and club on right;
caducaeus upwartd in right field; border of dots.
Coin surfaces roughly ground to remove the patina.
 ANS 830/1005; Copenhagen 581/621; Sear Greek 6696/6699
Ex Hirsch 281/1170, 25.4.2012