PHILIP II LIFETIME/EARLY POSTHUMOUS GOLD STATER – GREAT ISSUE WITH LARGE FLYING NIKE SYMBOL – XF NGC GRADED GREEK KINGDOM OF MACEDON COIN (Inv. 20521)

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20521. KINGDOM OF MACEDON. PHILIP II, 359-336 BC.
Gold Stater, 8.60 g, 21 mm. Lifetime or early posthumous issue of Pella (Pella II 2), ca. 340-328 or ca. 336-328 BC.
Obv. Laureate head of Apollo right. Rev. ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, charioteer driving biga right, Nike flying right holding wreath, below the horses’ legs.
LeRider, Pella II 2, 369 (O162 / R275’).
NGC graded XF, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, the large Nike, gliding forward with her wreath, is particularly large and magnificently depicted on this die, so that it forms part of the design rather than just a subsidiary symbol.