[Home, My eBay, Site Map, Sign In/Out] [eBay logo] [Main Navigation] [Browse Sub-Navigation] =AndA= PERSEUS Ar Tetradrachm NICE EF! Item # 1293790551 Coins:Coins: World:Ancient:Greek Bidding is closed for this item. Checkout Details Checkout Instructions & Return Policy Item price $560.00 Seller will provide instructions U.S. Shipping and Handling - & return policy in the item Shipping Insurance per item- description or after the listing Sales Tax - ends. [Image] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Spacer] [Show description]Currently $560.00 (reserveFirst $1.00 not yet met) bid [Leave feedback] Quantity 1 # of 20 bid history (to seller) bids (to bidder) Time left Auction has ended.LocationChicago Country USA Started Nov-04-01 21:06:46 PST Ends Nov-07-01 21:06:46 PST Featured Plus! Auction [Image] Seller (Rating) truecoins (207) [star] [about me] view comments in seller's Feedback Profile | view seller's other auctions | [Image] High bid pudgenpah (36) [star] [Image] Payment Money Order/Cashiers Checks. Personal Checks. Visa/MasterCard. Other. See item description for payment methods accepted Shipping Seller ships internationally (worldwide). See item description for shipping charges. [Image] Seller Services Relist this item Seller assumes all responsibility for listing this item. You should contact the seller to resolve any questions before bidding. Auction currency is U.S. dollars ( $ ) unless otherwise noted. Note: This is a Reserve Auction in which the reserve price was not met. Therefore, there is no transaction between the seller and the high bidder. Since there is no transaction, this item is not eligible for eBay services that protect buyers and sellers, such as transactional feedback, escrow or insurance. Those services are available only for items listed, bought and sold on eBay in compliance with our guidelines and policies. Description [Image] [Image] Kings of Macedon, Perseus, 178-168 BC. Silver Tetradrachm, Struck after 171 BC. Obverse: Diadem head of Perseus right. Reverse: Eagle standing right with open wings on a thunderbolt; monograms above, to right, and between legs, all within laurel wreath. Condition: Nice EF, Coin is much, much better than picture and very attractive. This coin has beautiful iridescent gray gold toned medium light silver metal with iridescent blue toning in some of the recesses. The artistic rendition of Perseus is excellent, especially his eyes and brow. See the enlarged picture of the obverse below. Excellent strike and decent relief obverse with coin 4.1 mm thick. Centering is about perfect on both sides. Only fault is some minor reverse die breaks which show up much more in the picture than in hand. Excellent example of Perseus. Valuation: Why Valuation? Compare this coin to a good VF sold by CNG Electronic Auction #9, Number 60089, for $852.50. The coin at auction has much less wear and better surfaces. Also compare with Triton II, lot 338 where a lesser EF with a slight flan edge flaw was estimated at $1000, and Triton III, lot 396 where a better EF was estimated at $1000. All in all, this is an extremely attractive coin of an uncommon Ruler with superb eye appeal. It is my personal opinion that both Lysimachos and Perseus, to a lesser extent, had a protruding brow. The die engraver would have had a much easier time engraving a flat forehead; why did he go to the extent as shown in this coin? If Perseus did not have such a protruding brow, and found it unattractive, I do not think the engraver would have engraved many more coins. Size: 15.54 grams, die axis=0.0, flan 4.1 mm thick, 33 mm in diameter. References: Mamroth Zfn 38 (1928), 19b; SNG Copenhagen 1269 variety; Sear 6804 variety. 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