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Celtic Tetradrachm
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Basic Information | Accession Number: | 1993C430 |
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Collection: | Antiquities - Ancient & Mediaeval Coins |
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Date: | 200 BC - 100 BC |
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Maker Information | Notes | This Celtic silver coin was made in what is today Croatia. It is copied from a silver tetradrachm
(4 drachma piece) issued by King Philip II of Macedon (359-336 BC). Copies of Philip's coin were used for about two hundred years by the Celtic peoples living along the River Danube.
| Ian Donal Finney Bequest, 1993. |
Further Information | Production Period: | Celtic |
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School/Style: | Danubian |
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Material(s): | Silver |
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Denomination: | Tetradrachm (4 drachma) |
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Currency: | River Danube |
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Place of Origin: | Croatia |
Associated People | | Associated Places | | Associated Organisations | | Dimensions | Diameter: | 22.5 mm |
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