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GREEK, Macedonian Kingdom, Philip II 359 - 336 BC. AE18.
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Obverse: No legend. Young male head, usually identified as Apollo, with hair bound in a taenia, facing left.
Reverse: ΦIΛIΠΠOY, Naked rider on horse prancing left, uncertain control mark, usually described as the head of a lion, beneath the horse.
Diameter: 17.4mm | Weight: 6.9gms | Die Axis: 12
SNG ANS 872 – 874
Philip II won the horseback race at the 106th Olympics in 356 BC, and it is thought that the horseman on the reverse of this coin commemorates this event.
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![GREEK, Macedonian Kingdom, Philip II 359 - 336 BC. AE18.
[i]Obverse[/i]: No legend. Young male head, usually identified as Apollo, with hair bound in a taenia, facing left.
[i]Reverse[/i]: ΦIΛIΠΠOY, Naked rider on horse prancing left, uncertain control mark, usually described as the head of a lion, beneath the horse.
Diameter: 17.4mm | Weight: 6.9gms | Die Axis: 12
[b]SNG ANS 872 – 874[/b]
Philip II won the horseback race at the 106th Olympics in 356 BC, and it is thought that the horseman on the reverse of this coin commemorates this event.](albums/userpics/10427/normal_PHILIP_II_OF_MACEDON~0.JPG "Click to view full size image
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GREEK, Macedonian Kingdom, Philip II 359 - 336 BC. AE18.
[i]Obverse[/i]: No legend. Young male head, usually identified as Apollo, with hair bound in a taenia, facing left.
[i]Reverse[/i]: ΦIΛIΠΠOY, Naked rider on horse prancing left, uncertain control mark, usually described as the head of a lion, beneath the horse.
Diameter: 17.4mm | Weight: 6.9gms | Die Axis: 12
[b]SNG ANS 872 – 874[/b]
Philip II won the horseback race at the 106th Olympics in 356 BC, and it is thought that the horseman on the reverse of this coin commemorates this event.")
