Ex Hunt Collection

5607255.

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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip V. 221-179 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.39 g, 12h). Pella or Amphipolis mint; Ar–, mintmaster. Struck circa 188/7-184 BC. Head of the hero Perseus left, wearing winged helmet surmounted by griffin’s head; harpa in background; all in the center of a Macedonian shield / Club; AP (mintmaster’s) monogram and BAΣIΛEΩΣ above, ΦIΛIΠΠOY below, monograms to lower left and right; all within oak wreath tying to left; club to outer left. Mamroth, Philip 8; HGC 3, 1058; Hunt II 393 (this coin). Toned, a few minor deposits. Near EF. Attractive style.

Ex Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Part II, Sotheby’s New York, 21 June 1990), lot 393; Leu 18 (5 May 1977), lot 127.