KINGS of MACEDON. Philip II. 359-336 BC. AV Half Stater (13mm, 4.37 gm). Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 340/336-328 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress /
FILIPPOU, forepart of lion right, crescent below. Le Rider 2 (D1/R2); SNG ANS 280 var. (same obverse die; scallop shell). Good VF. 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.
