Macedon Philip II 359-336BC Gold Stater

Macedon Philip II 359-336BC Gold Stater

18mm, 8.36g, ex mount, some damage to edge of coin at 12 o’clock on obverse.

This iconic type was the base for the British Iron Age (Celtic) coin series, the obverse showing a head of Apollo facing right and the reverse a charioteer drawn by two horses (Biga). This design appears on many of the early Gallic & British Iron Age coins, albeit in a much cruder ‘stylized’ form.