Hi All, Just posting this interesting coin again. I really love this coin, it is among my favorites so far. Anyone else have a similar coin? would love to see them, or any other Perseus coins. Reign Perseus 179-168 BC., King of Macedonia (the last king of the Antigonid dynasty) Denomination AE18 Date Struck 173-168 BC. Mint Pella or Amphipolis Obverse Head of hero Perseus (the hero who killed Medusa) right, wearing winged helmet peaked with griffin head, harpa to right Reverse Eagle standing facing on thunderbolt, head turned right, wings spread; ΠEP monogram to left, B - A across upper fields, uncertain control(s) in ex Weight 5.00 grams Diameter 18/17 mm Reference SNG Alpha Bank 1135-42 var. (controls) Grade Very fine, Comments On 22 June 168 BC., Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeated the Macedonian King Perseus at the Battle of Pydna, and Macedonia came under Roman rule.
You have a great coin @old49er ... Love the Eagle Reverse. Here are mine regarding Perseus, last King of Makedon: Makedon Perseus 178-168 BC AE 23 Poseidon Club Makedon Amphipolis Philip V - Perseus - lost empire to Romans - helmet Tetrobol And a couple from the Roman Republic regarding Perseus: RR Aemilius Lepidus Paullus 62 BCE Concordia Perseus Macedon captive with his sons Sear 366 Craw 415-1 XF RR Aemilius Lepidus Paullus 62 BCE Concordia Perseus Macedon captive with sons Sear 366 Craw 415-1
I love the style of your coin @old49er. This is my only coin with Perseus: SINOPE, PAPHLAGONIA AE16 OBVERSE: Winged head of young Perseus REVERSE: SINW-PHS, cornucopiae between two pilei of the Dioskouroi, each surmounted by a star Struck at Sinope, 120-100 BC 4.09g, 16mm SNG Cop 306, SNGvA 231, Sear 3713 Ex JAZ Numismatics
LOVE the OP coin @old49er !! I'll add this small silver coin to go along with all the wonderful posts. Macedonian Kingdom. Time of Philip V and Perseus. Circa: 221-168 BC, AR Tetrobol, Uncertain mint, Struck 187-179 BC 16.10 mm, 2.18 gram Macedonian shield/MAKE AONON, prow of ship, star above BMC 20; SNG Cop 1289
My only Perseus, a tiny bronze: Perseus, 179-168 BC Macedonia Greek AE 14.8 mm; 2.77 g Obv: Macedonian shield; wheel-ornament in center. Rev: ΒΑ-ΠΕ above and below harpa, star below. Refs: Sear Greek 6809; SNG Cop 1281; Lindren II (Europe) 1339; Gaebler 12.5.36.
And, for those of you who missed this the other 75,000 times I posted it: Perseus with the head of Medusa by Benvenuto Cellini, 1545, in a public square in Firenze (Florence): The decapitation resulted in the birth of the winged horse Pegasus from the neck of Medusa.
Philip V named his son Perseus hoping for another Greek hero. @Alegandron posted a denarius that shows how that dream ended. A century later another enemy of Rome, Mithridates the Great, claimed descent from Perseus and also used Perseus on his coins. Here is a scarcer type showing a portrait and flying harpa. Pontos, Amisos, 85-65 BC, 2.64g, 15mm Obv: Head of Perseus right, wearing a winged Phrygian helmet Rev: ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ, winged harpa; monogram right. Ref: SNG BM 1197 ex Münzen & auction 17, Medaillen GmbH (DE), October 2005, lot 731 said to be ex Münzen und Medaillen AG Basel, list 474 (1985), #148.
