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Drachm - Philip V Pella
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 184 BC - 179 BC |
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| Value | Drachm (1) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and bearded head of King Philip V facing right, rendered in fine Hellenistic style with naturalistic detail. The hair is depicted in thick, flowing curls swept back from the forehead and gathered behind the neck, with a royal diadem tied across the brow, its ends falling behind the ear. The full beard is rendered with closely cropped, curling locks, conveying regal maturity. The portrait is bold and well-centered within the irregular flan, with no legend on the obverse field. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ΔΙ ΒΕ |
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Philip V spent his final years under the heel of Rome, stripped of his fleet and most of his territorial ambitions following the defeat at Cynoscephalae in 197 BC. These late drachms, struck at Pella in the closing years of his reign, were produced by a king carefully rebuilding his treasury in preparation for a renewed conflict his son Perseus would eventually inherit. Philip died in 179 BC before that war began, reportedly of grief after ordering the execution of his younger son Demetrius — who had been accused, almost certainly falsely, of conspiring with Rome.