Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 510. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Time of Philip V and Perseus. 187-168 BC. AR Diobol (1.19 g, 3h). Pella or Amphipolis mint; Ar-, magistrate. Struck circa 187-184 BC. Macedonian shield; on boss, MA-KE above and below club / Macedonian helmet; two monograms to left, monogram and caduceus to right. SNG Ashmolean -; AMNG III p. 1, 2 and pl. II, 10 (same dies). VF, lightly toned, hairline flan crack. Extremely rare, only one example in Berlin, none in published collections.

From the Robert A. Weimer Collection.

See Mamroth, Philip 4, 10, and ll, for these monograms (of Ar- and two associates) with this trident symbol on silver issues of Philip V.