PHILIP II GOLD STATER – RARE DIE COUPLING OF NIKE ISSUE – AU NGC GRADED GREEK MACEDONIAN COIN (Inv. 21340)

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21340. KINGDOM OF MACEDON. PHILIP II, 359-336 BC.
Gold Stater, 8.65 g, 19 mm. LIFETIME/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, 354 (O140 / R270).
NGC graded AU, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, the obverse a somewhat older die reintroduced for the Nike series, this in a rare die combination with Le Rider noting only one specimen in Berlin.