A posthumous Philip II gold stater

Macedon, Kings of. Philip II. 359-336 BC. AV Stater (8.63 gm). Kolophon mint. Ca 323-319 BC. 
Laureate head of Apollo right with the features of Alexander III.
FILIPPOU below, charioteer driving biga right; tripod below horses. 
Thompson, "Posthumous Philip II Staters of Asia Minor", in
Studia Paulo Naster Oblata I, 12; cf. Le Rider pl. 93, 26; Müller 66.
Superb, lustrous, FDC.

Struck after the death of Alexander III, under Philip 
III Arrhidaeus, together with the conqueror's infant
son by Roxane, Alexander IV. 
The gem-like delicacy of the engraving of these dies singles this 
issue out as coming from a mint of the Ionian coastal region of 
western Asia Minor, an area which, was not controlled by the 
Macedonian monarchy in the time of Philip II. tentatively attributed
to Kolophon, the tripod symbol links it to an issue in the name of Philip III (cf. Price P41). The issue is likely to have been made prior to 319 BC when the region came under the control of Antigonus.

From Triton II (CNG/Freeman & Sear/NAC, 1-2 December 1998), lot 309,
realized $4600 with buyer's fee.