Bronze issue of Philip II of Macedon (359–336 BC) belonging to the coinage of one of the most important rulers of the Greek world in the 4th century BC, whose reign led to the political unification of Macedonia and established its dominant position in Greece.
Philip II, the father of Alexander the Great, is widely attested in ancient sources, including Diodorus Siculus and Justin, as a reformer of the army and the creator of the military power that later enabled Macedonian expansion into the East.
The reverse depicts a youth riding a horse to the right with the legend ΦIΛIΠΠOY identifying the issuer. The horseman motif is one of the most characteristic types of Philip II’s coinage.
Greece
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II (359-3369 BC), AE 359-336 BC
Obverse: head of Apollo right
Reverse: youth on horseback right, AN monogram and B letter below
ΦIΛIΠΠOY
Diameter 18 mm, weight 6.16 g
