Sale: Nomos 9, Lot: 82. Estimate CHF1500. Closing Date: Monday, 20 October 2014. Sold For CHF2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip II, 359-336 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 23mm, 14.45 g 8), Amphipolis, c. 355-349/8. Laureate head of Zeus to right.
Rev. ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ Philip II, wearing kausia, chlamys and with his cloak billowing out behind him, raising his right hand in salute and riding horse walking to left; below horse’s foreleg, bow. Le Rider 165 (D75/R136). SNG ANS 486 (
same dies). SNG Munich 109 (
same dies). An attractive coin, nicely toned. About extremely fine.
From a collection in the United States.