I was many times outbid on these shield coins , finally got me one on a dutch site from a German seller. This time not much competition from other bidders Show us your silver macedonian shields !
Here is one from my collection. Macedon, Macedonian Shield Artemis, 158-149 B.C. Macedon, Artemis, 158-149 B.C. Macedonian shield, center Artemis bust/Club within wreath. 16.89 grams. SG-1386. AXF.
I have a Tetradrachm with a Macedonian shield on it too, but the shield didn't help the guy from getting speared to death. Patraos (335-315 BC). AR Tetradrachm (12.22g 22mm). Obv. Laureate youthful head of Apollo facing right. Rev. Π-OA-Ρ-TAΥ, horseman right, spearing fallen enemy holding Macedonian shield we
That's a real beauty @Andres2 !!!! Fantastic examples @MikeCollectsCoins and @arnoldoe !! I have two examples; an RR denarius of Metellus with the tiny elephant (127 BC) and the shield and the prow tetrobol (Time of Philip V and Perseus, circa 187-179 BC):
I only have a Republican denarius with a Macedonian Shield...being trampled: Roman Republic T Quinctus Flaminius 126 BC AR Denenarius Roma Dioscuri galloping over Macedon Shield T-Q Sear 143 Cr 267/1
Nice addition! MACEDONIA (as Roman Protectorate) First Meris, AR Tetradrachm. 16.83g, 32.1mm. Amphipolis mint, circa 167 - 149 BC. SNG Cop 1310-1; Prokopov O 52, R 171 (?). O: Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder, in the center of a Macedonian shield. R: Club; AP monogram and MAKEΔONΩN above, ΠPΩTHΣ below; all within oak wreath, thunderbolt to left.
wow, that's a beauty @Andres2 can my AE join the thread? Antigonos II Gonatas of Macedon, 277-239 BC SNG Alpha Bank 1008 var., 16 mm x 3.5 g
Your tetradrachm is a type that still eludes me(I'll catch one one of these days!). A couple of my favorites from just before this tetradrachm was minted: Both of these types were minted in Macedon under Roman control. The top one under the Gaius Publilius, the bottom under his successor Lucius Fulcinnius, both of whom served as quaestors(treasurer-type officials) under the consul Lucius Aemilius Paullus(later called Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus) during the Third Macedonian War and both types were minted circa 168-167 B.C. while the Romans were still trying to figure out exactly what to do with Macedon.
