KINGS of MACEDON. Perseus. 179-168 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 15.74 g, 12h). Reduced standard. Pella or Amphipolis mint; Au-, mintmaster. Struck circa 171-168 BC. Diademed head right / BAΣI-ΛEΩΣ ΠEP-ΣEΩΣ, eagle, wings spread, standing right on thunderbolt; MA monogram above, AY (mintmaster’s) monogram to right, Φ between legs; all within oak wreath; below, plow left. Mamroth,
Perseus 18b; HGC 3, 1094. Attractive light tone. EF.
Ex Father & Son Collection, purchased from Arete Coins, 2018; Dr. Walter Stoecklin (†1975) Collection (Nomos 14, 17 May 2017), lot 103, purchased from Bank Leu, Zürich.
