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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     798068      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Greek Region:     MACEDONIAN KINGS Issuer:     Philip II Date Ruled:     359-336 BC Metal:     Gold Denomination:     Stater Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     BC under Antipater, Polyperchon, or Kassander (for Philip III and Alexander IV), circa 323-315 Diameter:     18 mm Weight:     8.61 g Die Axis:     5 h Obverse Description:     Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel Reverse Legend:     ΦIΛIΠΠOY Reverse Description:     Charioteer driving biga right, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left; bucranium below Mint:     Pella Primary Reference:     Le Rider 522 (D224/R382) Reference2:     SNG ANS 178-9 (same dies) Reference3:     SNG MÜnchen - Reference4:     SNG Alpha Bank -; SNG Saroglos -; SNG Ashmolean - Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=117781 Grade:     FDC, lustrous, tiny nick in field on reverse Notes:     A superb example. Macedonian royal gold coinage flourished under Philip II, whose successes in suppressing the upland tribes facilitated access to the rich precious metal mines located in those regions. Interestingly, the majority of his coins are known from bountiful posthumous issues. A study of their patterns of distribution has revealed that this coinage was heavily used in Greece, Macedon, and western Asia Minor. Apparently, his coinage had become so prevalent in trade in these areas that it continued to be struck by his successors down to the early 3rd century BC.

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