This stunning, lustrous posthumous stater of Philip II has a fantastic provenance stretching back over a century to the sale of Comte Henri de Lestrange collection by Brüder Egger on the 26th of November, 1909. While there is very little information on de Lestrange, it is known that he was an enigmatic early pioneer of photography. His collection featured a number of  important ancient coins, ranging from a 2 Assaria of Antinoos to multiple signed Decadrachmaii of Syracuse, and even a tetradrachm of Segesta featuring Demeter and a Grasshopper on the obverse. This last coin sold for the equivalent of nearly 29000 adjusted for inflation, the highest hammer of the sale.

Established by eight Jewish brothers who ran coin and jewelry shops in Budapest and Vienna from 1856 to 1930, the firm Brüder Egger operated from Vienna headquarters at Opernring 7 as specialists in ancient Greek and Roman Coins. The house conducted important sales from circa 1869 through 1930, including Auction 41 in November 1912 featuring 1400 lots from the collection of Mme. Ch. (formerly Dr. Fenerly Bey) and the final Theodor Prowe collection sale in May 1914 with 2,800 Greek and Provincial coins. With international connections including Armin L. Egger's ANS membership from 1911-1929, their scholarly cataloging and quality photographic documentation established Brüder Egger as one of Europe's most respected numismatic auction houses during the golden age of classical coin collecting.