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Philip Type 4Drachm of Macedonia, Kings, Philip II

philip_type_4Drachm

Lot No.1999. 12.2grams. VF.

$ 195.

DANUBE REGION. Circa 2nd Century BC. AR Tetradrahm imitatating Philip II of Macedon. Zeus head right/Celtized horse left.

The Celtic Mercenaries of the #rd century BC returned to central and wester Europe with the money they'd been paid by the Macedonian kings. When they wanted more money like it, they made their own in distinctive Celtic style.