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A bronze coin of King Philip V of Macedon with a reverse showing a harpa Coin Type: Bronze AE16 of Philip V of Macedon, 220-179 BCE.
Mint and Date: Macedon, 220-179 BCE
Size and Weight: 16mm, 4.7g
Obverse: Head of the hero Perseus right in a helm decorated with a winged griffon.
Reverse: Harpa right, BA above, Φ below, all within wreath.
Ref: GCV —; Lindgren II 1333
Provenance: agoracoins (eBay), July 2005.
BW Ref: 003 024 030
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