Macedonia
6th century BC to 149 BC
Macedonia was an ancient kingdom, centered in the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, bordered by Epirus to the west, Paionia to
the north, the region of Thrace to the east and Thessaly to the south. For a brief
period, after the conquests of Alexander the Great, it became the most powerful state in the world, controlling a territory that
included most of Greece and Persia, stretching as far as the Indus River; at that time it inaugurated the Hellenistic period of history.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)
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Philip II
AE 18
359 to 336 BC
Obvs: Head of Apollo left, hair bound with tainia
Revs: ФIΛIΠΠOY, Youth on prancing horse left. Symbol below
18mm, 6.0g
$89.00
Order # G 160
Ref: v. Sear 6699
