Ancient Coins: GREEK SILVER: Macedon, Roman Embassy, ex: Nanteuil

AR Tetradrachm, 16.84g. 28mm. c.148-147 B.C. Roman Embassy to Macedonia issue during the Republic.     Diademed and draped bust of Artemis to right with bow and  quiver on her shoulder in the center of a Macedonian shield.  Rev. Hand holding olive branch to left above club; oak wreath around. MacKay, Macedonian Studies, Series 1,3c.   AMNG 63,194.   High relief head of fine style and with lovely old cabinet toning.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Henri de Nanteuil, Paris, published 1925, no. 833.
Ex: Bank Leu, Zurich, Auction 42, 1987, lot 207.
Ex: Numismatica Genevensis, Geneva, Auction VI, 2010, lot 55.

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