CNG 88, Lot: 181. Estimate $200. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Philip V – Perseus. 187-168 BC. AR Tetrobol (15mm, 2.26 g, 6h). Pella or Amphipolis mint; Zoilos, magistrate. Struck circa 184-179 BC. Macedonian shield; on boss, MA-KE above and below club / Macedonian helmet; two monograms to left, monogram and trident head to right. Liampi,
Schild M39; SNG Ashmolean 3280. EF, toned, small spot of crystallization on edge.
See Mamroth, Philip 23 and 30, for these monograms (of Zoilos and two associates) with this trident symbol on silver issues of Philip V.