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Tetradrachm: Macedonian Shield with Head of Artemis (obverse); Club (reverse)

158–150 BCE
silver
Diameter: 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.)
Weight: 16.977 g (0.6 oz.)
Gift of J. H. Wade 1916.978
Location: not on view
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Three monograms around the border of the reverse identify officials responsible for producing this coin.

Description

Although Macedon was conquered by Rome in 168 BC, its mints continued to produce Hellenistic-style coinage. The obverse of this coin shows Artemis, identifiable by her bow and quiver, centered within an ornate Macedonian shield. On the reverse, a club is enclosed by a wreath and an inscription ascribing this coin to the first region of the Roman client state.
Tetradrachm: Macedonian Shield with Head of Artemis (obverse); Club (reverse)

Tetradrachm: Macedonian Shield with Head of Artemis (obverse); Club (reverse)

158–150 BCE

Greek, Macedonian, minted at Amphipolis (Macedonia), under Roman control

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