KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip II, 359-336 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 24 mm, 13.89 g, 1 h), Amphipolis, struck under Kassander or slightly later, circa 315-295/4. Laureate head of Zeus to right. Rev. ΦΙΛΙΠΠ-ΟΥ Nude youth, holding palm branch with his left hand and resting his right on back of horse prancing to right; below horse's belly, Λ above torch; below horse's raised foreleg, E. Le Rider pl. 47, 21. SNG ANS 788-93. Attractively toned. Light marks. Holed, otherwise, very fine.
From the Collection of Prof. James M. Collier, acquired in Stockholm in 1995.
This lot is sold to benefit the Collier Prize in Ancient Numismatics offered by the American Numismatic Society.