Perseus, 179 - 168 B.C.,

Bronze 1/2 unit, brown tone, light marks, tight flan, Pella or Amphipolis mint, 3.44g, 16mm - 168 B.C.obverse Macedonian shield, boss ornamented with a whorlreverse harpa right, BA (Basilews - king) above, PEP monogram (Perseus) below, star lower right;

SNG München 1217, HGC 3 -, SNG Alpha Bank -, SNG Saroglos -, SNG Cop -, Lindgren -, AMNG III - very rare variety Ex Savoca

At the end of the Third Macedonian War (171 - 168 B.C.), King Perseus of Macedonia was decisively defeated by Rome at the Battle of Pydna. He surrendered to general Lucius Aemilius Paullus and was imprisoned in Rome with his half-brother Philippus and his son Alexander. Around 300,000 Macedonians were enslaved. The Antigonid kingdom was replaced with four republics, which were later dissolved and became the Roman province of Macedonia.

Collection : Macedonian shield coins