ANCIENT COINS. GREEK. Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II (359-336 B.C.), Silver Tetradrachm, 14.51g, 12h. Mint of Pella, struck c.323-315 B.C. Bearded head of Zeus facing left, wearing a laurel-wreath. Rev. ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, young male rider, naked and holding palm-branch, on a horse prancing right, Θ below the horse's raised foreleg (Le Rider pl. 18, 436-9; SNG ANS 430; cf Prospero, lot 298). Lightly toned, well-struck and extremely fine. Rare left facing variety.
Estimate: $8,500