KINGS of MACEDON. Perseus. 179-168 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 15.47 g, 12h). Reduced Attic standard. Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 171-168 BC. Diademed head right / BAΣI-ΛEΩΣ ΠEP-ΣEΩΣ, eagle standing right on thunderbolt; ΘE monogram above, AY monogram to right, AN monogram between legs; all within oak wreath; below, plow left. De Luca, Tetradrachms 219f (O46/R201 – this coin); Mamroth, Perseus 25; HGC 3, 1094; SNG Ashmolean 3276 (same dies). Faintly toned, typical minor marks. EF.
Ex Peus 434 (24 April 2023), lot 165; Gorny & Mosch 152 (9 October 2006), lot 1338.
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