Sale: Nomos 9, Lot: 87. Estimate CHF2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 20 October 2014.  Sold For CHF1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip II, 359-336 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 24mm, 13.70 g 6), Amphipolis, struck c. 315/4-295/4. Laureate head of Zeus to right. Rev. ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ Young jockey, holding palm branch and reins, riding horse to right; below horse, Λ over race torch; below horse’s foreleg, monogram of ΜΕ. Le Rider pl 47, 22. A very attractive piece of excellent late style, lightly toned. Minor striking flatness, otherwise, good extremely fine.

ex Numismatica Ars Classica 46, 2 April 2008, 235.