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Gold Ring Featuring a Silver Tetradrachm of Philip II - FJ.5349
Origin: Mediterranean
Circa: 359
BC
to 336
BC
Collection: Coin Jewelry
Style: Greek
Medium: Silver and Gold
Additional Information: The coin was found in northern Asia Minor.
£3,600.00
Location: UAE
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This genuine ancient coin has been mounted in a
modern 18 karat gold ring.
King Philip II was a man of great intelligence,
skill, charm and energy. He was a hard fighter as
well as a man of considerable cultural tastes.
Ruthless and generous by turns, he passed many
of his gifts for kingship on to his son, Alexander
the great who brought Macedon to its greatest
glory. After a youth partly spent as a political
hostage in Thebes, Philip became king of
Macedon in 359 B.C. At the age of twenty-three.
Through conquest, treaty, bribery and marriage
he stabilized his rule in Macedon and its
surrounding territories. His tempestuous
marriage to the Princess Olympias produced an
heir, Alexander, in 356 B.C. Relations between
husband and wife were often strained and both
Olympias and Alexander have sometimes been
implicated in the assassination of Philip in 336
B.C., following his marriage to Cleopatra-
Eurydice. At the time of his death, Philip was
planning a Panhellenic war against Persia, which
w as successfully carried through by his son.
This stunning silver tetradrachm minted during
the reign of Philip II features on one side the
dramatic portrait of the bearded king Philip II.
The other side of the coin depicts a naked youth
carrying a palm branch, symbol of peace, and
riding a magnificent prancing horse. An
inscription frames this radiant image.
- (FJ.5349)
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