Sale: Triton V, Lot: 1312. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACEDON, Kings of. Philip V. 221-179 BC. AR Didrachm (8.32 gm). Struck 182-179 BC. Diademed head with a portrait that resembles Perseus right / BASILEWS FILIPPOU, club within wreath, AP monogram above, two monograms below; club to left. Mamroth, "Die Silbermünzen des Königs Philippos V von Makedonien," ZfN (1930), -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Ashmolean -; Weber -; McClean -. Nice VF, well centered. Apparently an unrecorded variety with the AP monogram on top, and possibly unpublished with the portrait of Perseus. ($1000)

See lot 1313 for a portrait of Perseus on a didrachm.