5 Greek Gold Coins Philip II struck under Antigonus Gonatas, 277 – 239 AD 1 1 Stater, Macedonia 277-239, AV 8.53 g. Laureate head of Apollo r. Rev. Prancing biga driven r. by charioteer holding kentron and reins; in lower field r., Macedonian helmet. In exergue, ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ. See Carmessinis Economides RN 1967 pp 242-244. Apparently unique and unrecorded. A very interesting issue, minor die-break on obverse field at thre...
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6 Ptolemy III Euergetes, 246 – 222 5 5 In the name of Berenice II. Octodrachm, Alexandria after 241, AV 27.82 g. Diademed and veiled bust of Berenice II r. Rev. ΒΕΡΕΝΙΚΗΣ − ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣHΣ Cornucopiae filled with fruits and bound with fillet. Svoronos 1113 and pl. 35, 1. SNG Copenhagen 169. Very rare. Two light scratches on reverse field, otherwise good extremely fine 20’000 Ptolemy VI Philometor, 180 – 145 BC or Ptolemy ...
