KINGS of MACEDON. Perseus. 179-168 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31.5mm, 15.49 g, 12h). Reduced Attic standard. Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 171-168 BC. Diademed head right / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt; KE monogram above, AY monogram to right, AN monogram between legs; all within oak wreath; below, plow left. De Luca, Tetradrachms 233 (O48/R212); Mamroth, Perseus –; HGC 3, 1094; BM inv. 1968,1202.12 (same dies). Toned, light scratch in field on obverse, nicks and scrapes around edge. VF.
From the Henry A. Sauter Collection, purchased from Superior Stamp & Coin.
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