452, Lot: 173. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACEDON (Roman Protectorate), Republican period. First Meris. Circa 167-149 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 15.75 g, 7h). 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 below; all within oak wreath, thunderbolt to left. Prokopov, Silver, Group II, 601 (O131/R749); HGC 3, 1103. Toned, some deposits. VF.

From the John L. Cowan Collection, purchased from Jonathan Kern, 2 June 2001.