Philip II turned Macedon into the leading power of Greece and prepared the army his son Alexander later used to conquer Persia. The rider saluting on the reverse is usually seen as the king himself. Philip was murdered at his daughter’s wedding in 336 BC.
Castings, Coins
KM-988 Philip II of Macedon Royal Horseman Tetradrachm
$9.25
Gold overlay casting pendant. Obverse: laureate head of Zeus facing right. Reverse: a rider on a walking horse, wearing a broad Macedonian hat (kausia) and raising his right hand in salute, with part of the legend PHILIPPOU above. Inscriptions explained: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ (Philippou) is Greek for ‘(coin) of Philip’.
