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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61626 | Auction date: 7 June 2026 |
| Lot number: 23024 Price realized: 1,100 USD (Approx. 946 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Ancients MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Perseus (179-168 BC). AR drachm (17mm, 2.69 gm, 7h). NGC MS 4/5 - 5/5. Pseudo-Rhodian, Greek mercenaries issue, ca. 175-170 BC, Ermias, magistrate. Head of Helios facing, turned slightly right, hair parted in center and swept to either side / EPMIAΣ, rose with single bud on tendril to right; Ξ-Ω flanking stem. SNG Keckman 793-795 (Thessaly). Price, Kraay-Mørkholm Essays, pp. 241-242 (Northern Greece). SNG Copenhagen Supp. 358 (Rhodian Peraia). Tangerine backlight. As the illegitimate son of Philip V, Perseus was threatened by his younger, legitimate half-brother, Demetrius, for the position of heir. Thus, he would forge a letter from a Roman general that warned Philip V of Demetrius' plan to overthrow him. Convinced, he would execute Demetrius. He himself would die the next year, allowing Perseus to take the throne in 179 BC. By 171 BC, he would enter the Third Macedonian War against Rome, which swiftly ended with his surrender to Lucius Aemilius Paullus. He was held captive by Rome for two years until his death in 168 BC - his conditions which are contradicted by Plutarch and Livy. His young son, Alexander, was taken to be raised and integrated into Roman society. Alas, with no other heirs: Perseus' death marked the end of the Macedonian kingdom. www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/macedonian-kingdom-perseus-179-168-bc-ar-drachm-17mm-269-gm-7h-ngc-ms-4-5-5-5/p/61626-46009.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61626-06072026 HID02906262019 © 2026 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Certification number: NGC 8747656003 |  |
