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ID:     80000167
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Greek
Region:     MACEDONIAN KINGS
Issuer:     Philip II
Date Ruled:     359-336 BC
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Tetradrachm
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     BC 342/1-337/6
Weight:     14.43 g
Die Axis:     1 h
Obverse Description:     Laureate head of Zeus right
Reverse Legend:     ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ
Reverse Description:     Nude youth, holding palm in right hand and reins in left, on horseback right; upright thunderbolt below, small N in exergue
Mint:     Pella
Primary Reference:     Le Rider 216a (D123/R175) = Boston MFA 648 = Warren 636 (this coin)
Reference2:     SNG ANS 383
Reference3:     SNG MÜnchen 102
Reference4:     SNG Alpha Bank -; SNG Saroglos -
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=132390
Grade:     EF
Notes:     Lifetime issue, circa 342/1-337/6 BC. From the Paul H. Gerrie Collection. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XX (9 March 1988), lot 669 (incorrectly listing as ex Greenwell); Boston Museum of Fine Arts Collection (Numismatic Fine Arts VIII, 6 June 1980), lot 106; E.P. Warren Collection.