MACEDON UNDER ROMAN RULE. Circa 166/5 B.C. Æ. 11.34 gm. 24 mm. Bearded finely executed head of Silenus facing, wreathed with ivy / D MAKE ΔΟΝAΝ in three lines within ivy wreath. BMC Macedonia p. 14-15, 55. SNG Copenhagen 1324-1326. Morkholm/Grierson (Early Hellenistic Coinage) p. 166, 601 and pl. XL. Good Very Fine; rich dark green patina, "an unusually nice example of this scarce and interesting issue."

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 54 (24 March 2010), lot 739.Ex Helios Auction 6 (9 March 2011), lot 474 ($334).Includes David Sear certificate of authenticity.

From David Sear's Certificate: "Silenos was described as the oldest, wisest and most drunken of the followers of Dionysus and was said in Orphic hymns to be the young god's tutor."