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ID:     710751
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Greek
Region:     MACEDONIAN KINGS
Issuer:     Philip II
Date Ruled:     359-336 BC
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Tetradrachm
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     BC 323/2-315
Weight:     14.30 g
Die Axis:     6 h
Obverse Description:     Laureate head of Zeus left
Reverse Legend:     ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ
Reverse Description:     Youth on horseback right, holding palm in right hand, rein in left; below, thunderbolt above Z; dolphin below horse's raised foreleg
Mint:     Amphipolis
Primary Reference:     Le Rider pl. 48, 4
Reference2:     SNG ANS 812
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=75979
Grade:     EF
Notes:     Struck under Kassander or his son, Antipater, circa 323/2-315 BC. These late issues attributed to Amphipolis may actually be the earliest Celtic imitations of Philip II's tetradrachms