Lot 1799

Sale 60 · An Important Collection of Australian Banknotes, Australian & World Coins

Macedon, Kingdom of Philip II, (359-336 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (13.77 grams), Amphipolis mint, issued posthumously 323/2-316/5 B.C., obv. head of Zeus laureate to right, rev. naked youth or small man (Philip II), on horseback to r., dolphin below in field, **P to right, above **FILIP [P]OU. (cf.S.6680, Le Rider Pl.46, 8, M.213). Field knocks, otherwise fine, comes with old ticket (30/-).