Triton XVII, Lot: 181. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Perseus. 179-168 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.77 g, 11h). Attic standard. Pella or Amphipolis mint; Zoilos, mintmaster. Struck circa 174-173 BC. Diademed head right / BAΣI-ΛEΩΣ ΠEP-ΣEΩΣ, eagle, wings spread, standing right on thunderbolt; ZΩ (mintmaster's) monogram above, ME monogram to right, EY monogram between legs; all within oak wreath; below, plow right. Mamroth,
Perseus 4; AMNG III 2; SNG Alpha Bank 1131; Boston MFA 720 (same dies). Near EF, toned, a couple slight nicks by eyebrow.
Ex Halliwell Collection (Baldwin’s 68, 28 September 2010), lot 3393.