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Auction: 24125 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 39: Ancient Coins, featuring the Little Busby Hoard of Roman Denarii - e-Auction
Lot: 1136

Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II (359-336 BC), AR Tetradrachm, Amphipolis, posthumous issue, struck under Kassander, as regent (317-305) or King (305-298), in the name and types of Philip, c. 307-297, laureate head of Zeus right, rev. PHILIPPOY, naked youth on horseback riding right, holding palm frond, torch and L below, dolphin to right, 14.40g (Le Rider pl. 48, 1; SNG ANS 808 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 560), lovely, detailed strike, powerful portrait, light tone, a few light scratches to reverse but otherwise about extremely fine

Provenance

Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015, lot 472

From the collection of the Money Museum, Zurich

Classical Numismatic Group 40, 4 December 1996, lot 968


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