Ancients
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Philip V (221-179 BC). AR didrachm (24mm, 8.33 gm, 12h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. ca. 184-179 BC. Diademed head of king with portrait resembling Perseus right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΦIΛIΠΠOY, horizontal club; AP monogram above, Σ and ΞΩ monogram below, all within oak-wreath, club to outer left. Mamroth, "Die Silbermünzen des Königs Philippos V von Makedonien," ZfN (1930), -. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG Ashmolean -. Weber -. McClean -. Apparently an unrecorded variety with the AP monogram on top, and possibly unpublished with the portrait of Perseus.
From the Collection of a Philhellene. Ex Triton V (15 January 2002), lot 1312.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 750-1000 USD