MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Perseus (179-168 BC). AR drachm (15mm, 2.64 gm, 10h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5. Pseudo-Rhodian, Greek mercenaries issue, ca. 175-170 BC, Ermias, magistrate. Head of Helios facing, turned slightly right, hair parted in center and swept to either side / EPMIAΣ, rose with single bud on tendril to right; Ξ-Ω flanking stem. SNG Keckman 793-795 (Thessaly). Price, Kraay-Mørkholm Essays, pp. 241-2 (Northern Greece). SNG Copenhagen Supp. 358 (Rhodian Peraia). Charcoal cabinet toning with echoes of cerulean in the obverse recesses.

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