Electrotype: Kingdom of Macedon, Perseus AR Tetradrachm. British Museum electrotype; stamped MB (Latin initials for Museum). Circa 179-168 BC. Diademed head to right; ΞΩIΛ[OΣ] below neck truncation / Eagle, with wings spread, standing to right on thunderbolt; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΕΡΣΕΩΣ across fields, two monograms to right; all within oak wreath, star below. Head, Guide, VI B., 9; for prototype, cf. CNG E-472, 495; GPCG pl. 42, 7 (obv.). 15.35g, 33mm, 11h.
Condition as Seen.
Acquired from Baldwin's of St. James's.