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Macedon, King Philip II, Apollo with Youth on Horseback reverse

Æ; 19mm/4.2gm     Uncertain mint in Macedonia ca. 359-336 BC

Con/ Very Fine; Lovely natural green patina with complete reverse legend and perfectly centered to either side..

Obv/ Head of Apollo right, wearing taenia.

Rev/ ΦIΛIΠΠOY; Young male riding horse prancing to right.

Ref/ HGC 3.1 var.

Seller's Note/ Philip II became the ruler of all Greece when he defeated the Athenians at the Battle of Chaeroneia in 338 B.C. Philip personally selected the design of his coins. His horse, on the reverse of this coin, won a race in the Olympic Games in 356 B.C., the year his son Alexander the Great was born!