Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 518. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Perseus. 179-168 BC. AR Didrachm (8.52 g, 12h). Pella or Amphipolis mint; Zoilos, magistrate. Struck circa 178-174 BC. Diademed head right / Harpa; monogram above, monogram and X below; all within oak wreath, star to outer left. Cf. Mamroth, Philip 14x (and 10 for these controls on a tetradrachm); SNG München -; SNG Alpha Bank -. Good VF, lightly toned, light scratch on neck. Very rare denomination for Perseus.

From the Robert A. Weimer Collection. Ex Triton V (15 January 2002), lot 1314.