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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 24496345, member: 83845&quot;]I have wanted one of these coins for a long time but, until last year, I hadn’t found the right one for the right price.&nbsp; The portrait was the main draw for me on this coin. I think that the style is particularly great. It is my representative example for a “12 Olympian Portraits” sub-collection I have been working on.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1552691[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Macedonia under Roman Protectorate</font></p><p><font size="3">First Meris AR Tetradrachm, Amphipolis mint, struck ca. 167-149 BC</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 32 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 16.6 g, 3h</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: Macedonian shield with head of Artemis right, with bow and quiver.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: Club in wreath between legend: ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ/ΠΡΩΤΗΣ.&nbsp; APY monogram above.</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: Sear 1386</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><span style="color: #404040"><b><u>Background</u></b></span></font></p><p>In 168 BC Lucius Aemilius Paulus defeated Macedonian King Perseus V at the Battle of Pynda.&nbsp; Perseus was taken captive and forced to walk in Aemilius Paulus’s triumph in Rome.&nbsp; This was a shocking fall for the kingdom that could claim Alexander the Great and Philip II as it’s forebears. Macedon was divided into four districts or merides.&nbsp; Each meris was theoretically an autonomous republic, but in actuality, each was subject to Roman client status.&nbsp; The First Meris was by far the most prolific of the three districts that struck coins.&nbsp; The First Meris had the benefit of the productive silver mines at Pangaion that were located just east of Amphipolis. The Macedonian shield design element of the coinage was maintained, with the only difference being the substitution of a portrait of the Macedonian King with a portrait of Artemis in the central boss. In 148 BC, the Fourth Macedonian War brought an end to the semi-autonomy of Macedonia and an end to the production of these beautiful tetradrachms.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post any coins that you think are relevant![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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