KINGDOM OF MACEDONIA. PHILIP V, king 222-179 BC. Tetradrachm, about 220. AR 16.97 g. Diademed head r. with short beard. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΦIΛIΠΠOY Athena Alkidemos, wearing long peplos, standing l., wearing crested helmet and aegis, throwing thunderbolt with her raised l. hand, protecting herself with a round shield in her r. hand, decorated with a star; in field l. and r., two monograms. Boehringer, Chronologie page 104 seq., and pl. 7,6 (same obv. die); Jameson coll. IV,30,2454 (this specimen); Mamroth, ZfN 40, 294,1; SNG Berry 371 (this specimen). Rare. Excellent, sharp portrait. Extremely fine

Provenance:
From a Swiss Collection
R. Jameson, Paris collection
Burton Y. Berry, USA/Zurich collection
Auction A. Hess AG, Lucerne - Bank Leu AG, Zurich 36 (Lucerne, 1968),174
Auction Bank Leu AG, Zurich 48 (1989),169
Auction Leu Numismatics, Ltd., Zurich 81 (2001),185