Kingdom of Macedonia, Philip II (359-336 BC), didrachm, Amphipolis, c. 355-348 BC, head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin headdress, rev., ΦΙΛΙΠ-ΠΟΥ, Philip, wearing kausia, chlamys and tunic, on horseback left, raising right hand and holding reins in left; below horse's raised foreleg, bow, 7.06g, die axis 9.00 (Le Rider 174b, this coin; SNG Alpha Bank 281, same dies; SNG Copenhagen supplement 110, same dies), good very fine and very rare, one of only three examples of this variety published. Provenance: R. Abecassis collection; Bank Leu 81, 16 May 2001, lot 176; Money Museum, Zurich (https://www.moneymuseum.com/en/coins?&id=777).
(6000-8000 GBP)