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ID:
775342
Type:
Greek
Region:
MACEDONIAN Kings
Issuer:
Philip II
Date Ruled:
359-336 BC
Metal:
Bronze
Denomination:
Unit
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
BC 359-336
Diameter:
15 mm
Weight:
6.81 g
Die Axis:
1 h
Obverse Description:
Diademed head of Apollo right
Reverse Legend:
ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ
Reverse Description:
Young male rider atop horse prancing to right; below horse, dolphin right above ΑΡ monogram
Mint:
Uncertain Macedonian
Primary Reference:
SNG ANS 906
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group
Source:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=89090
Grade:
gVF
Notes:
The obverse of this coin features the head of the god Apollo, who became the tutelary deity of Philip II in 353 BC during the Third Sacred War. Vowing he would fight on behalf of the god, whose sacred Treasury at Delphi had been stolen, precipitating the conflict, he used the war as an opportunity to expand his control in Greece. The rider on the reverse, similar to the reverse of his tetradrachms, ostensibly extolls his victory in the horse race at Olympia in 356 BC. However, the reverse also recalls the earlier Macedonian royal types, possibly an attempt to emphasize his Macedonian ancestry.
Created and Managed by Alfredo De La Fe
