CNG 112, Lot: 146. Estimate $1000. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Perseus. 179-168 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 15.26 g, 12h). Reduced standard. Pella or Amphipolis mint; Au-, mintmaster. Struck circa 171-168 BC. Diademed head right / Eagle, wings spread, standing right on thunderbolt; MA monogram above, AY (mintmaster’s) monogram to right, ΛΩ monogram between legs; all within oak wreath; below, plow left. Mamroth, Perseus 18b var. (different bottom monogram) and 20b, 22, and 26 var. (different top monogram); HGC 3, 1094; Gemini V, lot 72 corr. (same dies, incorrect Mamroth number listed). Toned, slight die shift and die wear on obverse. Good VF. Very rare with these control marks.

From the John L. Cowan Collection, purchased from Pegasi Numismatics, 8 September 2016. Ex Pegasi XXX (21 May 2014), lot 89.