★ A perfectly centered tetradrachm from the First Meris of Macedon ★

MACEDON (ROMAN PROTECTORATE), Republican period. First Meris. Circa 167-149 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 29 mm, 17.00 g, 9 h), Amphipolis. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis to right, bow and quiver over her shoulder; all at the center of a Macedonian shield ornamented with stars within crescents. Rev. MAKEΔONΩN / ΠΡΩTHΣ Club to right; above, monogram of AP; around, oak wreath with ties to left; to left of the ties, thunderbolt. AMNG III/1, 159. BMC 2. HGC 3.1, 1103. Perfectly centered and very sharply struck. Good extremely fine.

From a Bavarian collection, formed in the early 2000s.