‡ Kings of Macedon, Philip II (359-336 BC), tetradrachm, Pella, 323-315 BC, laureate head of Zeus right, rev., ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, nude male rider on horseback right, holding reins in his left hand and a palm-branch in his right; below the horse, thunderbolt; below the horse’s raised foreleg, Σ, 14.34g, die axis 9.00 (Le Rider p. 67, pl. 22, 522 same dies;), well-toned and extremely fine Provenance: Tradart, Geneva, 8 November 1992, lot 70; European Connoisseur collection (formed before 2002).

Estimate: GBP 2500-3500