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Macedon, King Philip II, Youth on Horseback, Scarce Bust Left!

Æ; 17mm/6.4gm     Uncertain mint in Macedonia ca. 359-336 BC

Con/ Perfectly centered to either side with an unblemished natural green patina; Good Fine.

Obv/ Head of Apollo left, wearing taenia.

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

Ref/ SNG ANS 863 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!