Macedon
Coin #29
Issuing Authority
Macedon
Leader/ruler
Possibly Perdiccas III
Earliest Date (bc)
375
Latest Date (bc)
350
Mint
Neapolis
Metal
Silver
Diameter Mm
15
Weight Gm
1.83
Denomination
Hemidrachm
Obverse Description
Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue
Reverse Description
Head of nymph right, hair in thin band and wearing necklace; N-E-O-Π clockwise around
Grade
NXF
Peculiarities
Old cabinet tone, a few minor die breaks on obverse. Near EF
Catalogue References
AMNG III/2, 11; HGC 3, 586; SNG ANS 430 (same dies); Boston MFA 566 = Perkins 107 (this coin)
Provenance
CNG Triton XXVIII, 14 January 2025, Lot 164. Ex Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Collection [acc. no. 00.135] (Numismatic Fine Arts VIII, 6 June 1980), lot 103; Catharine Page Perkins Collection (acquired for the museum by E. P. Warren from Perkins in 1900)
Purchase Date
14-Jan-25