CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
- Emperor:
- Philip II
- Denomination:
- AE20
- Composition:
- Bronze
- Date:
- 359-336 BC
- Obverse:
- Young male head, hair bound with taenia, facing right
- Reverse:
- ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, Naked youthful horseman advancing right; eagle control mark beneath horse
- Reference:
- SNG ANS -; SNG Alpha Bank -; SNG München -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Saroglos -; Drama -; Müller -; Mionnet -; Portolos Collection -; Hersh Collection -; HGC 3, 882 var. (control marks); SGCV II 6696-6698 var. (control marks);
- Size:
- 20mm, 6.47 g, 1h
- Province:
- Macedon, uncertain mint
- Grade:
- VF, green surfaces (repatinated)
- Rarity:
- apparently unique and unpublished
- Rarity Details:
- no other examples known to Ancient Coin Traders
- Provenance:
- From the Belgica Collection, ex Pecunem/Numismatic Neumann 39 (3 January 2016), Lot 75; ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 415 (28 February 2018), Lot 415
- Information:
- Apparently unique and unpublished. This ancient greek coin of King Philip II is not listed in any major references; other examples of this variant could not be found in online auction archives or in major collections. This coin is not currently for sale. Please contact us if you wish to acquire it.
Philip II of Macedon was King of Macedon and father of Alexander the Great and Philip III Arrhidaeus. The bronze series of this type is extensive and differentiated principally by the different symbols and letters which appear on the reverse and occasionally on the obverse. These symbols and letters, known as control marks, were used to identify the officials responsible for a particular issue of coinage.
I, Peter A. Piliouras of Ancient Coin Traders irrevocably guarantee for life to the Purchaser that this ancient coin is authentic. If this coin is deemed not to be authentic by a professional certification service, then I will refund to the Purchaser the full cost of acquiring the coin (including shipping) together with the certification fees.
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Signed: Peter Anthony Piliouras
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