An Extensive Offering of Philip II Tetradrachms

Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 324. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $1150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip II. 359-336 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.34 g, 7h). Pella mint. Struck under Antipater, Polyperchon, or Kassander, circa 323/2-315 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Youth, holding palm, on horseback right; Θ below. Le Rider 450 (D235/R370); SNG ANS 433 (same obv. die). EF, light golden hues, weak strike at high points on obverse.

From Collection C.P.A. Ex Frederick M. Bayer Collection (New York Sale VII, 15 January 2004), lot 44.