MACEDON (ROMAN PROTECTORATE), Republican period. First Meris. Circa 167-149 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 31 mm, 16.84 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 AΡ; around, oak wreath with ties to left; to left of the ties, thunderbolt. AMNG III/1 159. BMC 2. SNG Copenhagen 1310-1311. A well centered example. Some weakness on the obverse, otherwise, very fine.

Ex Leu Web Auction 23, 22 August 2023, 3159 and previously from a European collection, formed before 2005.