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Nov 13, 2009
Tetradrachm: Head of Philetauros with Laureate Diadem (obverse)
Tetradrachm: Head of Philetauros with Laureate Diadem (obverse)
262–241 BC
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Silver
Diameter: 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1999.317.a
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The depictions of rulers found on this coin represents a realistic type of portraiture, similar to that found on coins in the West.
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