Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 206. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACEDON, Roman Protectorate. Circa 148-147 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.78 gm, 3h). Amphipolis mint. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder, in the center of a Macedonian shield / Club; above, hand right, holding olive branch; all within oak wreath, [thunderbolt to left]. MacKay, Macedonian 13 (O3/R12); SNG Copenhagen 1317; Boston MFA 733 (same dies). VF, dark iridescent toning, small area of roughness before face. Very rare. ($750)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Stack's (13-15 September 1974), lot 773.

This type was probably issued immediately following the suppression of Philip VI Andriskos' revolt. As the Romans did not think the Macedonian people had supported Andriskos, they sent a peace embassy, instead of an army of occupation, after his defeat. The Latin legend LEG refers to legatio, an embassy, and the hand holding the olive branch an offer of peace.