★ Ex Ratto 1927 ★

Perseus, 179 – 168

Tetradrachm, Pella or Amphipolis circa 171-168, AR 30 mm, 15.21 g. Diademed head r., slightly bearded. Rev. ΒΑΣΙ – ΛΕΩΣ / ΠΕΡ – ΣΕΩΣ Eagle standing r. on thunderbolt, with open wings; above its head, in r. field and between its legs, monogram. The whole within wreath. Below, plough. Locker-Lampson 168 (these dies). Mamroth 22.3 (this coin). De Luca 259 (this reverse die).

Lovely old cabinet tone and about extremely fine

Ex Ratto 4 April 1927, 747 and Glendining 13 December 1963, Foreign Amateur, 229 sales. From the collection of a Mentor.