Triton XVII, Lot: 183. Estimate $750. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Perseus. 179-168 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 15.39 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; monogram above, AY (mintmaster’s) monogram to right, Φ between legs; all within oak wreath; below, plow right. Mamroth, Perseus 21b; SNG Copenhagen 1269; Berlin 391; Montagu Collection (Sotheby’s, 1896), lot 256 (same obv. die). Good VF, toned, faint cleaning marks. Rare issue.

From the RAJ Collection, purchased in 1999 from F. Shore.