Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 511. Estimate $150. Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006. Sold For $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Time of Philip V and Perseus. 187-168 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.50 g, 10h). Pella or Amphipolis mint; Zoilos, magistrate. Struck circa 184-179 BC. Macedonian shield; on boss, MA-KE above and below club / Macedonian helmet; two monograms to left, monogram and trident head to right. SNG Ashmolean 3280. VF, toned, small area of weakness on reverse.
From the Robert A. Weimer Collection.
See Mamroth, Philip 23 and 30, for these monograms (of Zoilos and two associates) with this trident symbol on silver issues of Philip V.