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Silver triobol of Amphipolis showing a Maenad and a galley Coin Type: Silver 'autonomous' triobol of Amphipolis from the reign of Philip V or Perseus of Macedonia.
Mint and Date: Amphipolis, 196 BCE - 168 BCE
Size and Weight: 11mm x 13mm, 1.66g
Obverse: Head of Maenad right, wreathed in vine-leaves and grapes.
Reverse: Stern of galley travelling left.
MAKE above; (ΔONΩN) below.
Provenance: romaninterest (202)(eBay), March 2008.
Ref: GCV 1384 var (not a tetrobol).
BW Ref: 001 037 113
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