Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 190. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip V. 221-179 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.86 gm, 11h). Pella or Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 220 BC. Diademed head right / BASILEWS FILIPPOU, Athena Alkidemos walking left, brandishing thunderbolt in her right hand, holding shield decorated with star on her left arm; control marks to inner left (SR monogram) and right (EP monogram). Mamroth, Philip 1; AMNG III 2 (same obverse die as plate coin); SNG Alpha Bank 1049; SNG München 1124; McClean 3628 (same obverse die). VF, toned. Choice centering and strike. Rare first issue of Philip. ($3000)

From the Ronald Cohen Collection. Ex Triton VI (14-15 January 2003), lot 192.