★ A very rare stater of Philip III ★

KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios, 323-317 BC. Stater (Gold, 17 mm, 8.56 g, 4 h), Arados (?). Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with a coiled serpent. Rev. [ΒΑ]ΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ] - ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ Nike standing front, head to left, with her wings spread, holding laurel wreath in her right hand and stylis in her left; to lower left, ΔΙ above thunderbolt. Price P138 and pl. XVI ( same obverse die ). Very rare. A well struck and attractive example of this interesting issue. The reverse slightly double struck, otherwise, extremely fine.

Ex Hess-Divo 317, 27 October 2010, 154 and Münzen & Medaillen GmbH 31, 23 October 2009, 28.