KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip V. 221-179 B.C. Æ. 3.75 gm. 16 mm. Struck after circa 211 B.C. Head of the hero Perseus right, wearing winged Phrygian helmet / Horse prancing right; BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΦIΛIΠΠOY above and below. HGC 3.1, 1074. Mamroth, Bronzemünzen 8. SNG Alpha Bank 1063-1066. SNG Copenhagen 1239. Good Very Fine; neat style portrait of the hero; glossy dark brown patina; well centered. Rare.

In Greek mythology the hero Perseus was one of the greatest slayer of monsters. He beheaded the Gorgon Medusa and saved Andromeda from the sea monster Cetus.