A nice Greek Silver 1/5th Tetradrachm. 359-336 BC. Apollo reverse. Phillip II was Alexander the Great’s father.
Nice @Collecting Nut MAKEDON Philip II 1/5th Stater Apollo head r - Horseman r trident below as Sear 6691
Very nice example! Apollo is on the obverse. The horseman probably refers to Philip II's victories in various equestrian events in the Olympic Games of 356 BC, the same year Alexander the (would-be) Great was born. I once collected a set of the bronze versions in all four orientations...
Lovely portrait of Apollo @Collecting Nut and a very cool coin Ha! I thought I blamed @Alegandron and that he was the only CTer with the set. Now I'm not sure it was he that inspired me to do this (though it may have been you!). Each also has a different symbol beneath the horse and rider:
@Ryro ... Regarding @John Anthony and his coin wizardry... I really enjoy these little guys... LEFT-LEFT Makedon Philip II 359-336 BC AE 17 Horse Rider LEFT-LEFT facing scarce LEFT-RIGHT Makedon Philip II 359-336 BC AE 19 Horse Hound LEFT-RIGHT RIGHT-LEFT Makedon Philip II 359-336 BC AE 17 Apollo - Horse Rider RIGHT-LEFT facing RIGHT-RIGHT Makedon Philip II AE 18 Apollo - Youth Horseback spear hd below 359-356 BCE 18mm 6.2g SNG ANS 850-1 RIGHT-RIGHT
My only coin of this kind, in bronze, purchased from our own @John Anthony at one of the JAZ Numismatics auctions: Macedon, Philip II (359-336 BCE) (posthumous), AE 19. Obv. Head of Apollo right, hair bound with taenia [diadem] / Rev. Youth on horseback right wearing petasos, vertical thunderbolt below, ΦIΛIΠΠOY above. SNG ANS 839, 880-882 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, USA, The Collection of the American Numismatic Society, Part 8: Macedonia 2 (Alexander I-Philip II) (New York 1994)]; http://www.coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=183292; cf. SNG Alpha Bank 427 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Greece 2, The Alpha Bank Collection. Macedonia I: Alexander I - Perseus (Athens, 2000)]. 19 mm., 6.19 g., 12 h. Ex. Savoca Coins, DePew Collection.
Here's my coin similar to the OPs. Note that most of these were minted well past Philip II's lifetime. Philip IIIAR 1/5 Tetradrachm 2.57g Minted under Polyperchon, Amphipolis, 318-317 BCE Le Rider Taf. 46, 29; SNG ANS 731–735 Vs.: Kopf des Apollon mit Tänie n. r. Rs.: Jüngling reitet n. r., unten seitlich gesehener Schild Ex Kölner Münzkabinett Here's my lifetime coin of Philip. Macedonian Kingdom, Philip II AR Tetradrachm.Pella mint, ca 354-349 BC. 22-24 mm., 13.68g. Laureate head of Zeus right / ΦIΛΛIΠOY, Philip II, diademed & in kausia, on horseback left, raising right hand Ex N&N Collection
LIFETIME PHILP II Makedon Philip II AR Tetradrachm Pella mint LIFETIME 353-349 BCE Zeus Horse star spearhd Le Rider 102
I have purchased a small number from John but not this coin. I found it elsewhere and by surprise over six years ago. I do enjoy the @John Anthony auctions.
