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ID:     734476
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Greek
Region:     MACEDONIAN KINGS
Issuer:     Philip II
Date Ruled:     A.D. 247-249
Metal:     Gold
Denomination:     Half Stater
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     BC 359-336
Diameter:     13 mm
Weight:     4.37 g
Obverse Description:     Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress
Reverse Legend:     ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ
Reverse Description:     Forepart of lion right, crescent below
Primary Reference:     Le Rider 002 (D1/R2)
Reference2:     SNG ANS 280 var. (same obverse die; scallop shell)
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=31026
Grade:     Good VF
Notes:     Very rare. This is only the third example of a Philip II half stater that CNG has had for sale. The first specimen, in Good VF condition, sold for $3850 - Auction XXIX (30 March 1994), lot 52. The second, in VF, was sold privately for $2500.