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MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Perseus (179-168 BC). AR tetradrachm (33mm, 15.48 gm, 11h). NGC Choice AU★ 5/5 - 4/5. Pella or Amphipolis, 173-171 BC. Diademed head of Perseus right, with close beard / ΒΑΣΙ-ΛΕΩΣ / ΠΕP-ΣΕΩΣ, eagle with spread wings standing right on thunderbolt; MA monogram above, AY monogram in right field, Φ between legs; all within oak wreath, plow right below. Mamroth, Perseus, 18b. SNG Alpha Bank 1132 var. (monogram between legs). SNG Ashmolean 3276 var. (same). Scattered red orange toning on bright surfaces.
From the Paramount Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Web Shop (December 2002), stock number 182226
The last independent king of Macedon, Perseus inherited the throne from his father Philip V after the latter had his pro-Roman son Demetrius executed. Thus the tone was set from the outset of his reign for an eventual clash, which proved fatal to the Antigonid monarchy and Macedonian independence. Perseus skillfully rebuilt the Macedonian army and a network of marriage alliances during the first years of his reign, which the Romans watched with rising alarm. The Third Macedonian War broke out in 171 BC, and for a time Perseus employed guerrilla tactics which gave him the initiative and kept the Romans on their heels. Like his father, though, he chose to risk all in a single pitched battle at Pydna and lost badly to the Roman general Lucius Aemilius Paullus. Perseus surrendered and was allowed to live out his life in comfortable captivity in Rome; the Macedonian Kingdom was divided into four theoretically autonomous Republics which were soon subsumed into direct Roman rule. The coinage of Perseus is one of the more attractive of the Hellenistic series, as can been seen here with the star designation for superior eye appeal.
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MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Perseus (179-168 BC). AR tetradrachm (33mm, 15.48 gm, 11h). NGC Choice AU★ 5/5 - 4/5. Pella or Amphipolis, 173-171 BC. Diademed head of Perseus right, with close beard / ΒΑΣΙ-ΛΕΩΣ / ΠΕP-ΣΕΩΣ, eagle with spread wings standing right on thunderbolt; MA monogram above, AY monogram in right field, Φ between legs; all within oak wreath, plow right below. Mamroth, Perseus, 18b. SNG Alpha Bank 1132 var. (monogram between legs). SNG Ashmolean 3276 var. (same). Scattered red orange toning on bright surfaces.
From the Paramount Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Web Shop (December 2002), stock number 182226
The last independent king of Macedon, Perseus inherited the throne from his father Philip V after the latter had his pro-Roman son Demetrius executed. Thus the tone was set from the outset of his reign for an eventual clash, which proved fatal to the Antigonid monarchy and Macedonian independence. Perseus skillfully rebuilt the Macedonian army and a network of marriage alliances during the first years of his reign, which the Romans watched with rising alarm. The Third Macedonian War broke out in 171 BC, and for a time Perseus employed guerrilla tactics which gave him the initiative and kept the Romans on their heels. Like his father, though, he chose to risk all in a single pitched battle at Pydna and lost badly to the Roman general Lucius Aemilius Paullus. Perseus surrendered and was allowed to live out his life in comfortable captivity in Rome; the Macedonian Kingdom was divided into four theoretically autonomous Republics which were soon subsumed into direct Roman rule. The coinage of Perseus is one of the more attractive of the Hellenistic series, as can been seen here with the star designation for superior eye appeal.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-macedonian-kingdom-perseus-179-168-bc-ar-tetradrachm-33mm-1548-gm-11h-ngc-choice-auand-9733-5-5-/a/3096-30017.s?type=CoinArchives3096
HID02906262019
© 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 2000-3000 USD