MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Philip III Arrhidaeus (323-317 BC). AV stater (17mm, 8.54 gm, 10h). NGC AU 4/5 - 3/5. Lifetime issue of Abydus, ca. 323-320 BC. Head of Athena right, hair in long ponytail tied in middle, wearing necklace and triple (?) crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, long parallel crest ends, the bowl decorated with two olive leaves (?) with the bottom connected to one of the crest ends, coiled serpent right on face shield / ΦΙΛΙΠΠOY / ΒΑ-ΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Nike standing facing, head left, wreath in outstretched right hand, stylis cradled on left arm; ΔΙ above thunderbolt below wing in left field. Duyrat 874 (D13/R22)=Price P138, pl. XVI (same dies). Extremely rare - Duyrat knowing of just two specimens, both struck from these same dies. Apparently the first issue of Philip III from Aradus, struck from an obverse die in an unusual local style. Ex European collection, formed before 2005

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