Triton XX, Lot: 128. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Perseus. 179-168 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31.5mm, 16.91 g, 12h). 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, ZΩ monogram to right, ΛΩ monogram between legs; all within oak wreath; star below. Mamroth,
Perseus 14; SNG Saroglos 962-3 (same obv. die); SNG München 1197 (same obv. die); SNG Alpha Bank –; CNG 88, lot 182 (same dies). Near EF, darkly toned, traces of find patina, minor die wear on obverse.