Gemini, LLC
Auction 14 18-19 Apr 2018
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Macedonian Kingdom. Philip II. Tetradrachm.
359-336 BC. Tetradrachm, 14.09g (2h). Pella III, c. 323/2-315. Obv: Laureate head of Zeus r. Rx: ΦIΛIΠ - ΠOY Naked youth on horseback right holding palm, below horse serpent with one coil facing right, below horse's raised foreleg Boeotian shield. These symbols with snake horizontally right rather than erect occur on only this one reverse die. Le Rider 524. Of the many tetradrachms of Philip, this is probably one of the most beautiful obverse dies, showing a correct but Hellenized portrait of the late king. Toned EF.
359-336 BC. Tetradrachm, 14.09g (2h). Pella III, c. 323/2-315. Obv: Laureate head of Zeus r. Rx: ΦIΛIΠ - ΠOY Naked youth on horseback right holding palm, below horse serpent with one coil facing right, below horse's raised foreleg Boeotian shield. These symbols with snake horizontally right rather than erect occur on only this one reverse die. Le Rider 524. Of the many tetradrachms of Philip, this is probably one of the most beautiful obverse dies, showing a correct but Hellenized portrait of the late king. Toned EF.