Philip II - Apollo & Rider

This bronze coin was struck under Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great. The obverse shows the head of Apollo, god of music, prophecy, and reason, his hair bound with a tainia (headband). On the reverse, a youth rides a prancing horse, with the inscription ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ (“of Philip”) and the letter Π below.

The design celebrated Philip’s mastery of the cavalry, which became the decisive force behind Macedon’s rise and later formed the backbone of Alexander’s world-conquering campaigns. Now framed in a hand-crafted sterling silver bezel, the coin is transformed into a wearable relic of classical history.