MACEDON (ROMAN PROTECTORATE), Republican period. First Meris. Circa 167-149 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30 mm, 17.00 g, 1 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; below, two monograms; around, oak wreath with ties to left; to left of the ties, thunderbolt. AMNG III 176. SNG Copenhagen 1314. Struck from a slightly worn obverse die, otherwise, very fine.

From an old Swiss collection, formed in the 1970s.