Details
LOT 3548
L. Marcius Philippus AR Denarius. 113-112 BC. Rome mint.
Head of Philip V of Macedon to right, wearing diademed royal Macedonian helmet with goat horns; Roma monogram to upper left, Φ beneath chin / Equestrian statue to right on tablet inscribed L•PHILIPPVS, holding laurel branch; flower beneath horse, mark of value in exergue. Crawford 293/1; BMCRR Italy 532; Sydenham 551; RSC Marcia 12. Good Very Fine. Well-centred with a collectible deep old cabinet iridescent toning. Slight corrosion on reverse.(3.91gr, 19mm, 9h.).
Provenance
Ex cgb.fr, Mail Bid Sale 59, 19 June 2013, lot 258.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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