CNG 103, Lot: 141. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Perseus. 179-168 BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 2.78 g, 12h). Third Macedonian War issue. Uncertain mint in Thessaly; Hermias, magistrate. Stuck circa 171/0 BC. Head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose; EPMIAΣ above. Price, Larissa p. 241; SNG Keckman 795. Superb EF, dark iridescent toning.

From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 776368 (August 2006); K.L. Chapman Collection, with his ticket; Larissa, 1968 (”Sitochoro”) Hoard (IGCH 237).