Two High Relief Philip Gold Staters

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 141. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $8750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip II. 359-336 BC. AV Stater (8.62 g, 5h). Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater, Polyperchon, or Kassander, circa 323/2-315 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / FILIPPOU, charioteer driving biga right, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left; trident below horses. Le Rider 181-186 var. (D86/R- [unlisted rev. die]); SNG ANS 266 (same obv. die). Superb EF. Well centered and struck in high relief.