KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Perseus. 179-168 BC. AR Drachm (15.5mm, 2.65 g, 1h). Third Macedonian War issue. Rhodian standard. Uncertain mint in northern Greece; Stasion, magistrate. Head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; ΣTAΣIΩN above; to left, club facing downward over bowcase, P-O flanking stem. Ashton, ΣΤΑΣΙΩΝ, Group 1, 59b (A21/P36 – this coin). Iridescent tone, die flaw on obverse, minor double strike on reverse. Near EF.
From the Crescent Collection. Ex G. Hirsch 244 (15 February 2006), lot 1528.