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A bronze coin of King Philip V of Macedon with a harpa on the reverse. Coin Type: Bronze AE15 of Philip V of Macedon, 221-179 BCE.
Mint and Date: Macedon, 183-179 BCE
Size and Weight: 15mm, 3.76g
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: Barry P. Murphy (Vcoins), April 2007.
BW Ref: 005 024 084
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