GREEK COINS. KINGDOM OF MACEDONIA. PHILIPPUS II, king 359-336 BC. Tetradrachm, Pella, about 342-337 BC. AR 14.48 g. Laureate head of Zeus r. Rev. ΦΙΛΙΠ - ΠΟΥ Youth on mighty horse r., holding palm branch in his r. hand; between horse legs, thunderbolt, in exergue, N. Le Rider, Ph. 36, 261 (this specimen, illustr. on pl. 11); SNG ANS 389.
Lifetime issue of beautiful style. Nice old cabinet tone. Extremely fine
Provenance:
G. Philipsen collection.
R. de St-Marceaux collection.
Auction J. Hirsch, Munich XXV (1909), 491.
Auction L.Naville, Geneva - Ars Classica SA, Geneva XVI (Lucerne 1933), 1016.
Auction Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel 28 (1964), 114.
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