Tetrobol of Perdikkas II of Macedonia c. 437

Editor: Here we have a Tetrobol of Perdikkas II of Macedonia. It's a tiny silver coin, roughly the size of my thumbnail, and seeing that horse and rider, frozen in miniature, it feels like a captured moment in time. What do you see in this piece, beyond its obvious historical value? Curator: Well, I see power, quite literally pressed into metal! It's a king's statement, isn't it? The horse, the symbol of Macedonian royalty, forever galloping... but toward what? Perhaps toward consolidating his kingdom, one tiny coin at a time. Do you get a sense of that ambition? Editor: I do now! It's like he's saying, "Macedonia is here to stay," with every transaction. Curator: Exactly! A permanent, pocket-sized advertisement for a kingdom on the rise. It's fascinating, isn't it, how much history can be held in something so small? Editor: Absolutely. I'll never look at a coin the same way again!