MACEDON (ROMAN PROTECTORATE), Republican period. First Meris. Circa 167-149 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 32.5 mm, 16.72 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 40. SNG Copenhagen 1314. SNG Ashmolean 3299. Very fine.
From the Trausnitz Collection, acquired from Münzhandlung Athena on 26 September 2002.