Obverse: Head of the deified Alexander the Great right; Θ behind neck, MAKEΔO[NΩN] around.

Reverse: AESILLAS Q, money chest, club, and chair; all within wreath.

AMNG 223; HGC 3, 1110; SNG Copenhagen 1330. [Macedon, Circa, 95-70 BC].

Diameter: 28 mm. Weight: 16.1 g.

A beautiful ancient silver tetradrachm struck in Macedon under Roman rule. These tetradrachms struck bearing the name of the quaestor Aesillas are suggested to have been issued as a monetary bribe paid to the Thracian tribes to buy their neutrality in the First Mithradatic War, thus securing by some measure the Roman supply line along the Via Egnatia. A high quality example with sharp details and attractive old cabinet toning.