Macedon. Chalcidian league. Olynthus. 358-355 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.45g, 4h). Kraay-Hirmer 410 (this coin); Robinson-Clement 87. Old cabinet tone. Perfectly centered and struck on a gem-like flan. A coin of great beauty. Superb extremely fine. From a private collection; former Ladislaus von Hoffmann (1927-2014) collection, Sotheby's 1995 (5 July) lot 51; former Ivor Fox-Strangways Guest, 3rd Viscount Wimborne (1939-1993) collection, Sotheby's 1991 (4 April) lot 41; Bank Leu 1975 (13) lot 110; former Charles Gillet (1879-1972) collection; Adolph Hess & Bank Leu 1957 (7) lot 176

One of the most impressive coinages of the fourth century was that of the tetradrachms issued by the Chalcidian league. Their design and style is close to the facing heads of Apollo on the contemporary coins of Amphipolis, a city which the league supported. Its importance for the Macedonian region is considerable, and the beautiful head of Apollo survived on gold coins of Philip II for many decades after the end of the league