★ An exceptional 1/5 Tetradrachm ★

KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip II, 359-336 BC. 1/5 Tetradrachm (Silver, 15 mm, 2.57 g, 12 h), Amphipolis, struck by Antipater, Polyperchon, or Kassander, circa 323/2-316/5. Head of Apollo to right, wearing taenia. Rev. ΦIΛIΠΠOΥ Youth on horseback galloping to right; below, grain ear. Le Rider pl. 46, 22. SNG ANS 702. Troxell, Studies, Group 8, 376-7. An exceptionally well preserved example of this unusual denomination. Very minor die breaks, otherwise, extremely fine.

From the collection of a European Connoisseur, formed before 2002, Morton & Eden 124, 26-27 September 2023, 270.