MAKEDONIAN PROTHE, Silver Tetradrachm coin 150 BC

MAKEONIN / PTH, Silver Greek tetradrachm coin, 158-150 BC.  Weight: 16.29 g; Diameter: 31 mm; Country/Region: Macedonia; Type/Nominal Value: Tetradrachm; Mint: Amphipolis; Year/Age: 158-150 BC Obverse: Macedonian shield, diademed, draped bust of Artemis at center. Reverse: MAKEONIN / PTH Club within oak wreath, thunderbolt. Rarity: Rare; Bibliography: SNG Cop. 1314. A growing power in the west, Rome, would soon become involved in the affairs of Greece and Macedonia. The First Macedonian-Roman war occurred between 214 BC and 205 BC. This coincided with the Second Punic War, when Hannibal of Carthage and Philip V of Macedon made an alliance against Rome. Rome, weary of war with Carthage, ended the Macedonian conflict with favorable terms to Macedon, but Roman interests secured in Illyrium, to the north. The Second Macedonian-Roman War began in 200 BC and ended in 196 BC. This war, erupting so soon after the after the first, and the exhausting Carthaginian war, was unpopular with Rome, but the Roman Legions, under Flaminius were veterans and prepared. The Greeks asked for Roman help against Macedonian incursions and Rome made an alliance against them. They launched an attack on the armies of King Philip who refused to guarantee to make no hostile moves against the states of Greece, and Philip V was defeated. He lost all his territories outside of Macedonia and had to recognize the independence and autonomy or the southern Greek city-states.
Condition EF+ great luster,
Circulation: Circulated;
Low Estimate: 4000;
High Estimate: 8000;
Circa: 150 BC;