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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Macedonia| > |Amphipolis| > BB69295
Amphipolis, Macedonia, c. 187 - 31 B.C.
|Amphipolis|, |Amphipolis,| |Macedonia,| |c.| |187| |-| |31| |B.C.|, In 168 B.C., the Romans invaded Macedonia and overthrew King Perseus in the First Battle of Pydna. In 149 B.C., Andriskos, at that time ruler of Adramyttium only, claiming to be Perseus' son, announced his intention to retake Macedonia from Rome. Andriskos traveled to Syria to request military help from Demetrius Soter of Syria. Demetrius instead handed him over to Rome. Andriskos escaped captivity, raised a Thracian army, invaded Macedonia, and defeated the Roman praetor Publius Juventius. Andriskos then declared himself King Philip VI of Macedonia. In 148 B.C., Andriskos conquered Thessaly and made an alliance with Carthage, thus bringing the Roman wrath on him. In 148 B.C., in what the Romans called the Fourth Macedonian War, he was defeated by the Roman praetor Q. Caecilius Metellus at the Second Battle of Pydna. He fled to Thrace, whose prince gave him up to Rome. Andriskos' brief reign over Macedonia was marked by cruelty and extortion. After this, Macedonia was formally reduced to a Roman province.
BB69295. Bronze semis, cf. SNG Evelpidis 1145, SNG ANS 135 - 136 (monograms), SNG Cop 69 - 71 (same), SNG Dreer 217 (same), BMC Macedonia -, aF, Amphipolis mint, weight 8.612g, maximum diameter 20.7mm, die axis 315o, Roman rule, c. 187 - 31 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Zeus right, S behind; reverse prow right, ME monogram over S left, ΔY monogram right, AMΦIΠO/ΛITΩN in two lines divided above and below; scarce; SOLD




  






REFERENCES

Schaaff, Ulrich. Münzen der römischen Kaiserzeit mit Schiffsdarstellungen im Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseum. (Munich, 2003).

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