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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kirispupis, post: 7771393, member: 118780&quot;]Here are my two Philip II&#039;s. The first is a lifetime coin. My understanding with the horse direction is:</p><p><br /></p><p>Horse facing left: <i>Always </i>a lifetime tet.</p><p>Horse facing right: <i>May</i> be a lifetime tet. However, Alexander III kept minting the same coins, so it&#039;s not possible to know.</p><p><br /></p><p>For your coin, I believe it&#039;s <a href="http://numismatics.org/pella/id/pella.philip_ii.92" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/pella/id/pella.philip_ii.92" rel="nofollow">this </a>one. So, it looks to be a post-Alexander minted between 323-315 BCE in Pella, by presumably either Polyperchon or Kassander.</p><p><br /></p><p>In terms of the identity of the rider, I&#039;m not sure. I did find <a href="http:// https://www.academia.edu/3564770/The_identity_of_the_two_horsemen_on_the_Philip_IIs_coinage?source=swp_share" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http:// https://www.academia.edu/3564770/The_identity_of_the_two_horsemen_on_the_Philip_IIs_coinage?source=swp_share" rel="nofollow">this article</a>, which being titled &quot;The identity of the two horsemen on the Philip II&#039;s coinage&quot;, I thought would tell me the identity of the horsemen on Philip II&#039;s coinage, but unfortunately not. My suspicion is it&#039;s not Alexander, but just a generic horseman + horse.</p><p><br /></p><p>I still would like to know why the horse suddenly changed direction in 348 BCE. I&#039;ve heard guesses but I would think there&#039;d be some paper on it somewhere. For now, I&#039;m just assuming the horse got tired going one way all those years, so it turned around.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1332734[/ATTACH] </p><p>Pella mint, ca 354-349 BC.</p><p>22-24 mm., 13.68g.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below is a post-Alexander 1/5 tet. The Philip II types were minted by Polyperchon and then Kassander, though both also minted Alexanders. Mine is attributed to Polyperchon.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1332733[/ATTACH] </p><p>Le Rider Taf. 46, 29; SNG ANS 731–735</p><p>2.57 g</p><p>318-317 BCE Amphipolis[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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