Macedon under Roman Rule Æ 22mm. Circa 166-165 BC. Facing mask of Silenos wearing ivy wreath / MAKEΔONΩN in two lines, D above; all within ivy wreath. MacKay pl. III, 8-10; BMC 55; SNG Copenhagen 1324-1326; Touratsoglou, Macedonia 25; HGC 3.1, 1117. 9.24g, 22mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private European collection.
Previously assigned to the Praetor D. Junius Silanus, these coins have been re-attributed to an earlier period of barbaric invasion following further scholarship and hoard analysis.