Pedigreed First Meris

422, Lot: 137. Estimate $200. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACEDON (Roman Protectorate), Republican period. First Meris. Circa 167-149 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 16.76 g, 12h). Amphipolis mint. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder, in the center of a Macedonian shield / Club; monogram and MAKEΔONΩN above, ΠPΩTHΣ and two monograms below; all within oak wreath, thunderbolt to left. Prokopov, Silver, Group II.A, 371 (O79/R270); HGC 3, 1103. VF, toned, some porosity.

From the Macy Collection. Ex B. H. Webb Collection; Davissons 6 (29 February 1996), lot 98.