Very Rare Philip II 1/5 Tetradrachm

226, Lot: 90. Estimate $150. Sold for $390. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip II. 359-336 BC. AR 1/5 Tetradrachm (14mm, 2.39 g, 2h). Amphipolis mint. Lifetime issue, struck circa 348/7-343/2 BC. Head of Artemis facing slightly left, quiver over shoulder / Youth on horseback right, holding palm and rein; below horse’s raised foreleg, forepart of Pegasos right. Le Rider 510 (D244/R453); SNG ANS 570. VF, toned, some porosity, scratch on obverse. Very rare.

Ex the David Herman Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 73, 13 September 2006), lot 126.