CoinsGreek3rd-2nd century BCE

Drachm of Philip V of Macedonia

220 BCE-179 BCE

Artists

Philip VCoin Constituent

Description

Obverse: Head of Philip r., bearded and diademed. Reverse: BASILEOS PHILIPPOU; Club in oak wreath; symbol above (Z with small arc above); below, ME conjoined, and symbol (roughly, NK superimposed); outside wreath, to l., thunderbolt.

Classification

Coins

Technique

Struck

Medium

Silver

Culture

Greek

Period

Hellenistic period, Middle

Century

3rd-2nd century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

3.78 g

Provenance

Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson [1], London, (1921-1941), sold; to Arthur Stone Dewing [2], Cambridge, MA, (from 1941), lent; to Fogg Art Museum (from 1965) 1. Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson (1887-1976). “Robinson collection, no. 516” and bought at the John Story Jenks sale by Henry Chapman on Dec. 17, 1921, lot 69, according to Dewing’s inventory card. 2. Arthur Stone Dewing (1880-1971). Bought on August 26, 1941, according to Dewing’s inventory card.