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                        Lot: 96

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                        MACEDONIAN KINGDOM: Philip V. 220-179 BC. AR tetradrachm 
                        (16.70 gm).

                        MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Philip V (220-179 BC). Silver 
                        tetradrachm (16.70 gm), issued ca. 220 BC. Diademed head 
                        of Philip V right / BASILEWS FILIPPOU, Athena Alkidemos, 
                        viewed from behind, advancing left, brandishing 
                        thunderbolt in raised right hand and holding shield with 
                        star device on left arm, GA monogram reading downward in 
                        inner left field. Cf. Mamroth, ZfN XL, 1, Gulbenkian 
                        886, Jameson 2454, McClean 3628, and Boehringer, 
                        Chronologie, pl. 7, 6-9 (all with two monograms on 
                        reverse). Rare. Very fine 

                        Until recently, all tetradrachms of Philip V with the 
                        Athena reverse type were examples of a single emission, 
                        marked with a pair of monograms in the inner left and 
                        inner right fields. Boehringer, Chronologie, pp. 
                        104-107, examined the chronology of this coinage and 
                        concluded that it must have been an accession issue 
                        which, for propaganda reasons, portrayed the 
                        seventeen-year-old king as a mature man. A tetradrachm 
                        with just one monogram was offered in Triton V, 15-16 
                        January 2002, lot 1310, but it was control linked to the 
                        known issue and struck from its latest obverse die. The 
                        present specimen apparently extends Philip's first 
                        series a bit further. Its portrait continues the 
                        stylistic evolution of the known coinage, with a large 
                        head showing a hornlike lock of hair at the temple, as 
                        on Boehringer, Chronologie, pl. 7, 9 and the Triton V 
                        specimen. However, our coin differs in its reverse style 
                        and control convention, and there is a slight chance it 
                        is the product of a second Macedonian mint. 
                        Estimated Value: $ 2,000 




...Sold for $1,500 USD [ approx 1140 EUR, 795 GBP ] plus 15% buyers fee. 

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) 
                      and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).