375, Lot: 624. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Philippus. 129 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.85 g, 4h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; mark of value to left / Macedonian horseman riding right; Macedonian helmet to left. Crawford 259/1; Sydenham 477; Marcia 11. VF, toned, minor flan flaw on obverse.

From the Nicoleta Collection.

This type likely refers to Q. Marcius Philippus who campaigned against Perseus in 169 BC and had previously been sent as an ambassador to Philip V.