Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 179. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Perseus. 179-168 BC. AR Drachm (2.74 g, 3h). Third Macedonian War issue. Uncertain mint in Thessaly; Hermias, magistrate. Stuck circa 171/0 BC. Head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose; EPMIAΣ above. Price, Larissa p. 241; SNG Keckman 795. EF, attractively toned, slight metal flaw on obverse.