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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PeteB, post: 6230307, member: 99412&quot;]And a really interesting one:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1246404[/ATTACH] </p><p>Kingdom of Macedon, Philip V AR Tetradrachm. (31mm; 16.82 gm; 11h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Pella mint, circa 180 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev: Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding eagle in right hand and scepter in his left hand. Club in left field, AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, B below throne. Price 636; Müller __.</p><p>Roma Numismatics wrote an excellent, exhaustive research in their auction of a coin of this type.</p><p>It begins:</p><p>&quot;This coin is part of the final issue of &#039;Alexanders&#039; struck in Macedon, as outlined by Seyrig (H. Seyrig, &#039;Monnaies héllenistiques, 5. Philippe V ou les Bottiéens&#039;, RN 1963, 14-8, pl. ii). Price notes: It represents a revival of the coinage that is much later than the groups of the early part of Antigonos&#039; reign.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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