Third Macedonian War Issue

329, Lot: 24. Estimate $300. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Perseus. 179-168 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 2.64 g, 6h). Third Macedonian War issue. Uncertain mint in Thessaly; Hermias, magistrate. Struck circa 171/0 BC. Head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; EPMIAΣ above, Z-Ω flanking stem. Price, Larissa, pl. LV, 247; SNG Keckman 795. EF, toned. Well centered and well struck.

From the Berkeley Collection. Ex Demetrios Armounta Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 94, 18 September 2013), lot 292.