Silver & Bronze
Lot 2503 SESSION 12 (9.30AM THURSDAY 1ST AUG) Silver & Bronze
Estimate $3,000
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MACEDON, Kings of, Philip V (221-179 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, uncertain mint possibly Pella or Amphipolis, (16.38 g), struck 188/7-184 B.C., obv. head of the hero Perseus to left wearing winged helmet surmounted by a griffin head, harpa in background all in the centre of a Macedonian shield, rev. club, across **BASILEWS* above and **FILIPPOU* below, all within an oak wreath tying to left, monograms below, (S.6791, SNG Munich 1126, Mamroth 2, HGC 3, 1, 1056, SNG Lockett 1529). Attractive patina, good very fine and very rare.
Ex Kunker Auktion 397, lot 2207. Previously from the Victor Luneau collection, Maison Platt auction, Paris 26-27 March 1922, No. 387, the H. de Nanteuil collection (1925), No. 824, the Auction Coins and Medals AG 72, Basel 1987, No. 580 and the Auction Coins and Medals Deutschland GmbH 46, Stuttgart 2018, No. 99.
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