Description: Macedonian Kingdom, Philip II (359 - 336 BC). Head of Apollo left, wearing taenia / ΦIΛIΠΠOΥ; youth on horseback right, thunderbolt below.

Diameter: AE19 mm

Weight: 5,22 g

Grade: aVF/gVF

Attribution: SNG Alpha Bank 347 var.

Commentary: attractive glossy patina, sharp details, some light deposits

History: Philip II was assasinated by his bodyguard Pausanias just before the planned war against the Persian Empire - a task he had left for his son Alexander.

Article Number: 006-08-08-41652