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GREEK COINS. KINGDOM OF MACEDONIA.
PHILIPPUS II, king 359-336 BC. Tetradrachm, posthumous, Pella, about 335-328. AR 14.38 g. Laureate, bearded head of Zeus r. Rev. ΦΙΛΙΠ - ΠΟΥ Nude, laureate youth r. on mighty horse standing r., holding palm branch in his r. hand; between horse's legs, cantharus. Le Rider, Ph. 46, 351c (this specimen); SNG ANS 403.
Good style. Dark old patina. Light abrasion on obv, otherwise extremely fine
Provenance:
Sparkes collection (1880).
J.G. Sandeman, Esq. collection.
Auction Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London 13 June 1911, 96.
PHILIPPUS II, king 359-336 BC. Tetradrachm, posthumous, Pella, about 335-328. AR 14.38 g. Laureate, bearded head of Zeus r. Rev. ΦΙΛΙΠ - ΠΟΥ Nude, laureate youth r. on mighty horse standing r., holding palm branch in his r. hand; between horse's legs, cantharus. Le Rider, Ph. 46, 351c (this specimen); SNG ANS 403.
Good style. Dark old patina. Light abrasion on obv, otherwise extremely fine
Provenance:
Sparkes collection (1880).
J.G. Sandeman, Esq. collection.
Auction Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London 13 June 1911, 96.