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Philip II tetradrachm of Aninoasa Dobrești type — The Museum of Oltenia

Also known as: tetradrahmă Filip al II-lea de tip Aninoasa Dobrești — The Museum of Oltenia

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Record status

Individual type · partial

Philip II tetradrachm of Aninoasa Dobrești type is held by The Museum of Oltenia (Romania). Description supplied by the holding institution: obverse: Stylized head of Zeus, in profile to right. The wreath is rendered by two rows of 12 and 13 globules respectively, the hair above the forehead is a double curved line, then toward the back two ovals (the left oval cut by an oblique line) and two curved lines, one single and the other double. The chin is missing, beard rendered by two curls, nose a long line with a triangular lower end, eye a globule in a semicircle. Above, the lines of the hair, which descend radiating onto another horizontal line. The collection record gives measurements diameter: 25.6 x 25.5; mass: 9.27; metal fineness: 600 ‰. Published through Europeana; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.

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Physical characteristics

Dimensions
diametru: 25,6 x 25,5; masa: 9,27; titlul metalului: 600 ‰

Identification

Europeana id
/2048047/Clasate_03d803b1bb2b45d8be895ea75e3484f6
Museum object name
tetradrahmă Filip al II-lea de tip Aninoasa Dobrești
Holding institution
The Museum of Oltenia

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