Watch List notes:

KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip II, 359-336 BC. Didrachm (Silver, 20 mm, 7.04 g, 12 h), Pella, 342/1-337/6. Laureate head of Zeus to right. Rev. ΦΙΛΙΠ-ΠΟΥ Nude jockey, holding long palm branch in his right hand, riding horse prancing to right; below horse, horizontal thunderbolt; in exergue, Ν. Le Rider 314 (D172/R251). SNG ANS 397 (same dies). As a denomination, very rare. With an obverse of a particularly elegant and refined style, and with a finely made reverse. Some surface roughness, otherwise, about very fine.


The didrachms of Philip II are so rare that they must have only been issued on special occasions and for special reasons. For a tetradrachm of the same series see lot 112.