Description: Macedonian Kingdom, Philip II (359 - 336 BC). Head of Apollo right, hair bound with tania / ΦIΛIΠΠOΥ; young male riding horse prancing to right, spear-head below.

Diameter: AE17 mm

Weight: 5,28 g

Grade: VF/aVF

Attribution: SNG ANS 850

Commentary: black patina, good details

History: Philip II modernized the Macedonian army introducing the phalanx formation and the up to 20 feet long speer, the sarissa.

Article Number: 059-03-02-42384