MACEDONIA. KINGDOM. Philip II, 359-336 B.C. ==References== AV-Stater, 340/328 B.C. ==References== 8,53 g. Apollokopf r. with laurel wreath//biga r., underneath shield. Hoover 846; Le Rider 389. Footprints, very nice Exemplary of the auction Peus Nachf. 298, Frankfurt am Main 1979, No. 50; the auction Peus Nachf. 425, Frankfurt am Main 2019, No. 258 and later acquired in August 2020 at the Münzhandlung Fenzl, Göttingen. Philip II, the father of Alexander the Great, arrived in 359 B.C. To the government. Soon after his entry into government, he managed to bring the gold and silver-rich Pangaion area under his control, whose annual yield was 1000 talents and enabled him to express the beautiful gold statere, called Philippeioi in ancient times. The front of our piece shows the head of Apollo, the delphic God with whom Philip had a special relationship. ==References== Philip had turned against the Phokers who had robbed the temple treasures in Delphi. The reverse plays on a victory of Philip 356 B.C. ==References====External links==* Official website 3,8.). In creating a connection with Delphi and Olympia on this piece, Philippos II expressed his Panhellenic political program, two places that were sacred to all Greeks. Philippeios was one of the "world coins" of antiquity.