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LOT 2908
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AE 19mm. Uncertain mint in Macedon, 359-336 BC.
Diademed male head to left / Youth on horseback to right; ΦIΛIΠΠOY above, uncertain symbol below. Very Fine.(5.60gr, 19mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
