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Perseus. 178-168 BC. AR Drachm
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Macedon, Perseus. 178-168 BC. AR Drachm (2.74 gm, 17mm, 2h) of Thessaly, c. 171/0. Third Macedonian War issue on Rhodian stdd. to pay Cretan mercenaries. Head of Helios facing slightly r. / Rose w/ bud to r., ΕΡΜΙΑΣ (Hermias, magistrate) above. Ɪ - Ω (Zoilos) monogram in minute letters on either side of stem. EF. CNG 79 #179. Klein 560; Price Kraay-Morkholm Essays pp. 241-242 (Northern Greece, plate LV 247); cf SNG Cop Suppl. 358 (Rhodian Peraia); SNG Keckman 795 (Thessaly); HGC 3.1 -, 4 -. cf. Triton XVII #185, Nomos 18 #88; CNG EA470 #62; CNG EA513 #89 (same dies).
This Rhodian imitation coinage was struck by Perseus to pay Cretan mercenaries serving in his army. See R. Ashton A Series of Pseudo-Rhodian Drachms from Mainland Greece, NC 1988, pp. 29-30, and SM 146 [May 1987], p. 34.
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