page_title: Archaeological Museum of Amphipolis
section_title: Important finds
hierarchical_section_title: Archaeological Museum of Amphipolis / Important finds
caption_attribution_description: English: Posthumously issued silver tetradrachm of Alexander III "the Great" of Macedon, c. 315-294 BC, Reference: Price 486.
context_page_description: The Archaeological Museum of Amphipolis is a museum in Amphipolis, Central Macedonia, Greece. It is located in the archaeological site of ancient Amphipolis, near River Strymon at close range of the Thessaloniki–Kavala national highway and within the walls of the ancient city itself. In the museum, finds from Amphipolis and its surroundings are exhibited. The excavations took place mainly in the period from 1956 to 1984, under the direction of the late archaeologist Dimitris Lazaridis. After his death his daughter, Calliope Lazaridis, continued the work until 1989.
  There are also finds from ancient Argilos and Eion, the port of ancient Amphipolis, together with wall panels relating the history of ancient Amphipolis and the surrounding area. Also, an 18th-century historians’ correspondence about ancient Amphipolis, along with photographs of the unearthing and restoration of the Lion of Amphipolis, in 1913.
context_section_description: Figures from prehistoric times
  Gold jewelry from the Kasta tomb
  A clay bust of a female deity, found in a tomb from the Hellenistic period
  The stele into which the Ephebic law was carved
  A silver vessel and a golden branch of olive leaves
  A golden wreath (grave offering from the 4th century BC)
  A head of Aphrodite (Roman replica)
  Capital from the Basilica C of Amphipolis
  A gold coin of Justinian (Byzantine epoch 527 to 565 AD)
  Gold coin (stater) of Alexander the Great
caption: Alexander Tetradrachme Amphipolis
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