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Philip II.

AE18.

His greatest ambition- the conquest of the 200 year old Persian Empire. The assassin’s sword prevented him from realizing it. Instead his son Alexander the Great destroyed the Persian Empire, replacing it with a number of independent Greek Kingdoms which represented the final triumph of autocracy over democracy.

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Philip II.

AE18.

His greatest ambition- the conquest of the 200 year old Persian Empire. The assassin’s sword prevented him from realizing it. Instead his son Alexander the Great destroyed the Persian Empire, replacing it with a number of independent Greek Kingdoms which represented the final triumph of autocracy over democracy.

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Origin

Ancient Greece

Date

359 – 336 B.C.

Obverse

Head of Apollo, Hair bound with tainia.

Reverse

Naked youth on horse prancing.