Watch List notes:

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip V. 221-179 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 16.49 g, 11h). Pella or Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 220-211 BC. Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΦIΛIΠΠOY, Athena Alkidemos, seen from behind, advancing left, shield decorated with star on left arm, preparing to cast thunderbolt held aloft in right hand; ΣP monogram to inner left, EP monogram to inner right. Mamroth, Philip 1; SNG Alpha Bank 1050 (same dies); SNG Saroglos 934 (same obv. die); Gulbenkian 886 (same obv. die); Kraay & Hirmer 577 (same obv. die); McClean 3628 (same obv. die); Triton XI, lot 131 (same dies). Attractively toned, a hint of porosity, a few light marks. EF. Well centered and struck. Rare and important Hellenistic portrait.

From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman. Ex CNG inventory 800984 (March 1997).