Lifetime Tetradrachm of Fine Style

Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 125. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip II. 359-336 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.31 g, 1h). Pella mint. Lifetime issue, struck 342/1-337/6 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Youth, holding palm, on horseback right; thunderbolt below. Le Rider 195 (D114/R157); SNG ANS 379 var. (vertical thunderbolt). Good VF, lightly toned, slight granularity. Fine style.