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LOT 3005
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AE Unit. 359-336 BC. Uncertain mint.
Diademed young male head to right / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, youth on horseback to right; uncertain monogram below. Cf. HGC 3, 882. Near Very Fine.(5.63gr, 18mm, 11h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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