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Roman Republic, Anonymous, 169 - 158 B.C.
In 22 June 168, at the Battle of Pydna (in southern Macedonia) Roman forces under Lucius Aemilius Paulus crushed Perseus and his Macedonian army, ending the Third Macedonian War. The Macedonian kingdom was broken into four smaller states, and all the Greek cities which offered aid to Macedonia, even just with words, were punished. The Romans took hundreds of prisoners from the leading families of Macedonia to be sold as slaves, including the historian Polybius. Perseus spent the rest of his life in captivity at Alba Fucens, near Rome. The huge amount of booty brought home after the battle enriched Rome allowing the Government to relieve her citizens of direct taxation. As a gesture of acknowledgment for his achievements in Macedonia, the senate awarded Lucius Aemilius Paulus a triumph and the surname Macedonicus.RR77822. Copper quadrans, Crawford 196/4, Sydenham 264c, BMCRR 466, SRCV I 1104, VF, nice green patina, porous, Rome mint, weight 3.111g, maximum diameter 16.7mm, die axis 180o, 169 - 157 B.C.; obverse head of Hercules right, wearing Nemean Lion scalp headdress, three pellets behind; reverse prow of galley right, ROMA above, three pellets below, star before; better in hand than in the photographs; scarce; SOLD
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