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18 May 2010
Widder Hotel, Zürich
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Estimate: 5000 CHF
Hammer Price:  4000 CHF
Lot 55

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip II. 359-336 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 14.36 g 11), Pella, struck circa 359-355/4 BC. Laureate head of Zeus to right. Rev. ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ Philip riding left, wearing armor, kausia and cloak billowing out behind him, and raising right arm in salute; below horse, vertical thunderbolt, Ζ over Μ and wreath. Le Rider 69 var. (same obverse die). A clear, well struck and very attractive coin, with a superb head of Zeus. Extremely fine.


The early Zeus heads on the coinage of Philip II are clearly related to those found on the slightly earlier Arkadian League staters struck in Megalopolis (as Kraay/Hirmer 512 and BCD 1512). The horseman on the reverse is clearly meant to be Philip II himself.

Online bidding closes: 18 May 2010, 09:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 29 Mar 2024, 12:48:44 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:4000 CHF

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