MACEDON (ROMAN PROTECTORATE), Republican period. First Meris. Circa 167-149 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 31 mm, 16.47 g, 12 h), Amphipolis. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis to right, at the center of a Macedonian shield ornamented with stars within crescents. Rev. MAKEΔONΩN / ΠΡΩTHΣ Club with head to right between two lines of inscription; above, monogram; below, two monograms; all within oak wreath with ties to left; to left, thunderbolt. AMNG III 176. SNG Copenhagen 1315. Toned. Some tooling, strengthening of the legend, and many minor marks, otherwise, very fine.
From the collection of W. F. Stoecklin, Amriswil, Switzerland, and from the collection of his father-in-law Sebastian Roš in Belgrad, acquired prior to World War I.