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LOT 2904
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AR Tetradrachm. 359-336 BC.
Amphipolis mint. Posthumous issue. Struck under Kassander, circa 316-314 BC. Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΦΙΛΙΠ-ΠOΥ, nude youth, holding palm frond, on horseback to right; aplustre below, pellet-in-Π beneath raised foreleg. Le Rider pl. 46, 18; Troxell, Studies, Group 9, 323-5; SNG ANS 738-46. (NGC graded AU Strike: 4/5 Surface: 4/5 Fine Style (#8221307-001).).
Provenance
Property of a County Durham collector; acquired on the UK art market.
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