273, Lot: 16. Estimate $500. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip II. 359-336 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.49 g, 9h). Amphipolis mint. Laureate head of Zeus right / Youth, holding palm and reins, on horseback right; uncertain object below raised foreleg. Le Rider -; SNG ANS -. VF, obverse die break.
The object below the raised foreleg is uncertain and there is nothing similar to it in LeRider. Additionally, this obverse die with the fairly large and distinctive die break at the top of the head is unlisted.