UNIQUE PHILIP II TETRADRACHM in FINEST STYLE
UNIQUE PHILIP II TETRADRACHM in FINEST STYLE
KINGDOM OF MACEDON, PHILIP II (359-336 BC), AR TETRADRACHM
KINGDOM OF MACEDON. Philip II (359-336 BC), AR Tetradrachm (14.41 g, 6h). Pella Mint, struck circa 336-328 BC in the Name of Philip II under his son Alexander III "the Great".
Head of Zeus facing to right, wearing a laurel-wreath. Rev. ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, young male rider, naked and holding a palm-branch and reins, on a horse pacing to right, crescent facing left below.
Le Rider 403-4 var. (D214/R- [unlisted reverse die]); SNG München -; SNG Alpha Bank -; SNG Saroglos -.
PROBABLY UNIQUE !!!
Stunning and extremely rare Portrait of Zeus in one of the FINEST HELLENISTIC Styles of the Period.
Struck in high Relief on good metal lovely toned.
Extremely Fine.
Probably UNIQUE because of the unlisted Reverse Die !!!
Amazing ZEUS Portrait in FINEST HELLENISTIC STYLE; among the BEST and FINEST of all HELLENISTIC TETRADRACHMS in the Name of Philip II known!!!
Ex. TRITON XII (05.01.2009), Lot 168 (listed as "with small deposit on Obverse").
Ex. NAC 64 (17. & 18. 05.2012), Lot 2178 (without any deposits !!!).
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