Two Lifetime Issues for Philip II
KINGS of MACEDON. Philip II. 359-336 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 14.45 g, 1h). Pella mint. Lifetime issue, struck circa 342/1-337/6 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Rider on horseback right, holding palm and reins; upright thunderbolt below, N in exergue. Le Rider 216a (D123/R175) = Boston MFA 648 = Warren 636 (this coin); SNG ANS 383; SNG München 102; SNG Alpha Bank -; SNG Saroglos -. EF, attractively toned, slight die shift on reverse. Well centered and struck.
Ex Paul H. Gerrie Collection; Numismatic Fine Arts XX (9 March 1988), lot 669 (incorrectly listing as ex Greenwell); Boston Museum of Fine Arts Collection (Numismatic Fine Arts VIII, 6 June 1980), lot 106; E.P. Warren Collection.
