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

Æ; 16mm/5.32gm     Uncertain mint in Macedonia ca. 359-336 BC

Con/ Crisp strikes to either side and well centered, lovely natural green patina. Struck on a short flan, otherwise, about Very Fine. Better in hand! 

Obv/ Head of Apollo right, wearing taenia.

Rev/ [ΦIΛIΠΠOY]; Young male riding horse prancing to left  Π below horse.

Ref/ SNG ANS 952 (Scarce)

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!