Philip V & Perseus Beat Up Small Coin, Sparkling Big History

Kingdom of Macedon
Philip V & Perseus c. 185-168 BC
AR Tetrobol 15.3mm (1.99g)
Obverse: MA/KE with the the club of Hercules between all on a Macedonian Shield.
Reverse: Monograms, Starburst, Macedonian Helmet
ref: Similar to SNG Cop 1286

This coin fits into a pretty cool collection of Roman enemies and commemorative denarius of the the decisive events and figures between 215 -146 BC. I am happy to have this (condition snobs take note ) chipped and probably over priced really neat piece of history. It fits so well with my Hannibal Carthage Helm coin...Yea!

With credit to wikipedia....Thanks for summing it up sooo well...
Perseus was defeated by the legions of the Roman consul Lucius Aemilius Paullus at the Battle of Pydna in 168 BC. This defeat was largely due to the inflexibility of Macedonian phalanx tactics compared to the maniple-based tactics of the Roman legions.
In the aftermath of this battle, King Perseus surrendered and was taken to Rome along with members of his court and other prisoners from the leading families of Macedon, including the historian Polybius. In addition, around 300,000 Macedonian citizens were enslaved. A number of Macedonian cities and villages were destroyed and their land distributed to the Roman veterans and their Thracian allies. Macedonia itself was divided into four Roman client republics, each of which was required to pay duty to Rome at half the rate previously due to the Macedonian kings. Economic and political contacts between the four republics were restricted.
The Third Macedonian war marked the effective end of Hellenistic Macedonia and the monarchy of the Antigonid dynasty, and further enhanced Roman domination of Ancient Greece. Rome later returned to symbolically destroy Corinth in 146 BC in the Fourth Macedonian War, in a manner reminiscent of their destruction of the defanged Carthage in the Third Punic War."

Had I chose the engraving It would have been....

Obverse: Feet with Wings - legend would read something like,"BEAT FEET IN GREEK"
Reverse: King on donkey Galloping right (fine style)