★ Commemorating the End of Independent Macedon ★

L. Aemilius Lepidus Paullus, 62 BC. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.91 g, 6 h), Rome. PAVLLVS LEPIDVS - CONCORDIA Diademed and veiled head of Concordia to right. Rev. TER / PAVLLVS On the right, Lucius Aemilius Paullus, togate, standing left, erecting trophy for his victory over the Macedonians at Pydna in 168 BC; to left, the captive King Perseus of Macedon and his two sons standing right. Babelon (Aemilia) 10. BMCRR 3373. Crawford 415/1. RBW 1497. Sydenham 926. About extremely fine.

This coin commemorates the victories of the moneyer’s supposed ancestor, L. Aemilius Paullus (in fact they were only vaguely related). The letters TER on the reverse refer to L. Aemilius Paullus’ three triumphs: in Spain in 190, Liguria in 181 and at the famous battle of Pydna in 168, when the Romans extinguished the independent Macedonian kingdom.