Important Ancient Coins

GREEK COINAGES, Kings of Macedon, Philip II, posthumous Stater, Amphipolis, c. 323-315, laureate head of Apollo right, rev. galloping quadriga driven right by charioteer holding goad, Boiotian shield below, curled serpent above, 8.62g/4h (Le Rider 602 [O236/R438]; SNG ANS –; SNG Lockett 1404). Extremely fine, exceptional detail with underlying bloom and struck from fresh dies, very rare; only four examples cited by Le Rider £6,000-7,000