Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 192. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip V. 221-179 BC. AR Didrachm (8.31 gm, 11h). Pella or Amphipolis mint; Zoilos, mintmaster. Struck circa 184-179 BC. Diademed head right / BASILEWS FILIPPOU, club; mintmaster's monogram above, two control marks below (ME and SI monograms); all within oak wreath, caduceus to left. Mamroth, Philip 22; AMNG III 4; SNG Alpha Bank -; SNG München 1129; Boston MFA 718. Superb EF. An exceptional portrait of Philip. ($1500)