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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4279889, member: 96898"]I'd assume Apollo is most likely – primarily because the portrait on your coin is quite similar to these:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1089154[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Philip II, Kingdom of Macedonia, AE unit, 359–336 BC; Macedonian mint. Obv: Obv: laureate head of Apollo r. Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠ[ΠΟΥ], young rider on prancing horse r., A below. 18mm, 6.21g. Ref: SNG ANS 894, 935.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1089153[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Philip III Arrhidaios (in the types of Philip II), Kingdom of Macedonia, AR 1/5 tetradrachm, 323–317 BC, Amphipolis mint. Obv: head of Apollo right, wearing tainia. Rev: [Φ]IΛIΠΠ[OY]; horseman riding right; branch below. 13mm, 1.78g. Ref: Le Rider pl. 46, 28; Troxell, Studies, Group 8, 385.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4279889, member: 96898"]I'd assume Apollo is most likely – primarily because the portrait on your coin is quite similar to these: [ATTACH=full]1089154[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Philip II, Kingdom of Macedonia, AE unit, 359–336 BC; Macedonian mint. Obv: Obv: laureate head of Apollo r. Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠ[ΠΟΥ], young rider on prancing horse r., A below. 18mm, 6.21g. Ref: SNG ANS 894, 935. [ATTACH=full]1089153[/ATTACH] Philip III Arrhidaios (in the types of Philip II), Kingdom of Macedonia, AR 1/5 tetradrachm, 323–317 BC, Amphipolis mint. Obv: head of Apollo right, wearing tainia. Rev: [Φ]IΛIΠΠ[OY]; horseman riding right; branch below. 13mm, 1.78g. Ref: Le Rider pl. 46, 28; Troxell, Studies, Group 8, 385.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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