Crawford 415/1

Moneyer:  L. Aemilius Lepidus Paullus, 62 BC. 

Denomination: Denarius

Obverse: PAVLLVS LEPIDVS CONCORDIA Veiled and diademed head of Concordia to right.

Reverse:  TER / PAVLLVS Trophy; to left, King Perseus of Macedon and his two sons as captives standing right; to right, Paullus standing front, head to left, placing his right hand on trophy.

Reference:  Crawford 415/1

Mint: Rome

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Notes: This coin commemorates the victories of the moneyer’s supposed ancestor, L. Aemilius Paullus (in fact they were only vaguely related). The word Ter on the reverse refers to L. Aemilius Paullus’ three triumphs: in Spain in 190, Liguria in 181 and at the famous battle of Pydna in 168, when the Romans extinguished the independent Macedonian kingdom.

Collection : 16 Roman Republic