Pleasing Pair of Philip II-Type Tetradrachms
KINGS of MACEDON. Kassander. As regent, 317-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.34 g, 1h). In the name and types of Philip II. Pella mint. Struck circa 317/6-315/4 BC. Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath / Youth, holding branch, on horseback right; thunderbolt below, Σ below raised foreleg. Le Rider Group III, 522 (D278/R431); SNG ANS 448 (same dies). High relief strike in good metal with just a touch of die rust on the reverse. Choice EF. A beautiful coin.
Ex Stuttgarter Münzauktion I (22 November 2010), lot 167.
