Macedonian Coins Discovered

Hmmm, take a good hard look at this photo of one of the coins recovered as mentioned in the story below. It does not strike me as a male warrior astride a horse, I think it depicts a female. But hey, what do I know :)  An Amazon - a depiction of one of the mounted female warriors so fearsome they struck terror into the hearts of the archaic all male Greek army? 

Macedonian Archaeologists Discover Ancient Coins near Ohrid
BalkanTravellers.com

31 March 2010 | Around 20 coins with the image of the father of Alexander the Great, Philip II of Macedon, and “other ancient Macedonian rulers” were found by archaeologists during excavations along the road between the south-western Macedonian towns of Ohrid and Struga, national media reported today.

In addition to the coins, a space with around 1,000 arrows was also discovered, Director of the Cultural Heritage Protection Office Pasko Kuzman told the Alsat-M television station.

The archaeological find was made in the vicinity of the Cyclops Fortress, which – according to Kuzman, dates to the 358 BC when Philip II passed through the area with his army. The fortress, he added, was a strategic military position for the ruler’s army.

Although Philip II of Macedon’s biggest claim to historical claim is perhaps his fathering of Alexander the Great, the ancient Greek personage (382 – 336 BC) was a great ruler and military strategist in his own right, who largely realised his expansionist vision.