Triton XV, Lot: 1144. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip V. 221-179 BC. AR Didrachm (23mm, 8.37 g, 11h). Pella or Amphipolis mint; Zoilos, mintmaster. Struck circa 184-179 BC. Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΦIΛIΠΠOY, club; mintmaster's monogram above, two monograms below; all within oak-wreath; trident to outer left. Mamroth,
Philip 22; Boston MFA 718; J.N. Svoronos, “Hoard of coins from Oreos in Euboea” in
JIAN 5 (1920), 7–12; Elsen 94, lot 547 = Elsen 93, lot 250 (same obv. die); LHS 102, lot 148 (same rev. die). Near EF, lightly toned around the devices. Good metal. Rare issue.
From the Deyo Collection.