Philip II Tetradrachm (Pella, 340-328 BCE)
Issuing Ruler: Philip II (Possible early posthumous under Alexander III)
Issuing Authority: Argead Kings of Macedon
Date of Issue: 340-334 BCE
Mint: Pella
Obverse: Zeus facing right, wearing wreath of oak leaves.
Reverse: Nude youth riding warhorse, holding palm frond and wearing laurel crown; kantharos between horses legs; legend above ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, "Of Philip".
Weight: 14.38g
Diameter: 23mm
Axis: 11h
Denomination: Tetradrachm
Provenance: Ex Hess Divo 339, Lot 21 (2020); Published as Plate Coin 351c in 'Le monnayage d'argent et d'or de Philippe II frappé en Macédoine de 359 à 294' by Georges le Rider (1977); Collection of John Glas Sandeman Esq., Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, Lot 96 (13 June 1911); Collection of George Sparkes Esq., Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, Lot 266 (3 February 1880)
Issuing Ruler: Philip II (Possible early posthumous under Alexander III)
Issuing Authority: Argead Kings of Macedon
Date of Issue: 340-334 BCE
Mint: Pella
Obverse: Zeus facing right, wearing wreath of oak leaves.
Reverse: Nude youth riding warhorse, holding palm frond and wearing laurel crown; kantharos between horses legs; legend above ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, "Of Philip".
Weight: 14.38g
Diameter: 23mm
Axis: 11h
Denomination: Tetradrachm
Provenance: Ex Hess Divo 339, Lot 21 (2020); Published as Plate Coin 351c in 'Le monnayage d'argent et d'or de Philippe II frappé en Macédoine de 359 à 294' by Georges le Rider (1977); Collection of John Glas Sandeman Esq., Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, Lot 96 (13 June 1911); Collection of George Sparkes Esq., Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, Lot 266 (3 February 1880)
Issuing Ruler: Philip II (Possible early posthumous under Alexander III)
Issuing Authority: Argead Kings of Macedon
Date of Issue: 340-334 BCE
Mint: Pella
Obverse: Zeus facing right, wearing wreath of oak leaves.
Reverse: Nude youth riding warhorse, holding palm frond and wearing laurel crown; kantharos between horses legs; legend above ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, "Of Philip".
Weight: 14.38g
Diameter: 23mm
Axis: 11h
Denomination: Tetradrachm
Provenance: Ex Hess Divo 339, Lot 21 (2020); Published as Plate Coin 351c in 'Le monnayage d'argent et d'or de Philippe II frappé en Macédoine de 359 à 294' by Georges le Rider (1977); Collection of John Glas Sandeman Esq., Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, Lot 96 (13 June 1911); Collection of George Sparkes Esq., Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, Lot 266 (3 February 1880)