Kings of Macedon, Philip II

Kings of Macedon, Philip II

(reigned 359 – 336 BCE), struck under Kassander, circa 316-311

AR Tetradrachm – 14.66 g, -23.6x22.6 mm, 9h Amphipolis mint

Obv. Laureate head of Zeus to right

Rev. ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ Young jockey (horseman), holding palm frond in his right hand and reins in his left, riding horse to right; below horse, aphlaston (or aplustre, upward curving stern of an ancient warship); below raised foreleg, pellet-in-П

Le Rider pl. 46, 18; SNG ANS 740;