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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7745067, member: 99456"]Thank you, [USER=86498]@Terence Cheesman[/USER], a book that I happened to have sitting next to me. Here's <a href="https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=smb-001%3A1957%3A7%3A%3A304#304" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=smb-001%3A1957%3A7%3A%3A304#304" rel="nofollow">the paper from Peter Robert Franke</a>, describing the hoard found in Aidona of 4 denarii and 4 thessalian staters.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will add the reference from Caesar's <a href="https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Caesar/Civil_Wars/3B*.html#35" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Caesar/Civil_Wars/3B*.html#35" rel="nofollow">Bellum Civile III 35</a> to a friend and an enemy in Thessaly (both names appear on Thessalian staters - and I wish there were more clues to the Heg... and Her... on my OP coin):</p><p><font size="3">"Of these officers Calvisius was received on his arrival with the utmost goodwill of all the Aetolians, and having expelled the garrisons of the foe from Calydon and Naupactus gained possession of the whole of Aetolia. Cassius arrived with his legion in Thessaly; here, since there were two factions, he met with a divergence of feeling among the towns: <b>Hegesaretos</b>, a man of long-established influence, favoured the cause of Pompeius; <b>Petraeus</b>, a youth of the highest rank, energetically supported Caesar with his own and his people's resources."</font></p><p><br /></p><p>An example of a different die shown for my OP coin in <a href="https://issuu.com/cngcoins/docs/bcd_triton_xv_virtual_catalog/338" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://issuu.com/cngcoins/docs/bcd_triton_xv_virtual_catalog/338" rel="nofollow">Triton XV</a>.</p><p><a href="https://issuu.com/cngcoins/docs/nomos_04_proof/140" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://issuu.com/cngcoins/docs/nomos_04_proof/140" rel="nofollow">Nomos Auction 4</a> also available on issuu.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1325691[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes & thanks. For proper context, I should have covered the subsequent 50 years...and with it some coins of the Roman Republic. First a coin that celebrates the victory in the Third Macedonian War (171–168 BC), over son of Philip V, Perseus, at Pydna in 168 BC by Lucius Aemilius Paulus who was consul in 182 and 168 BC.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1325950[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>L. Aemilius Lepidus Paullus</b>, 62 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Veiled and diademed head of Concordia right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Trophy; to left, three captives (King Perseus of Macedon and his two sons) standing right; to right, Paullus standing left</p><p><b>Ref: </b><a href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-415.1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-415.1" rel="nofollow">Crawford 415/1</a>; Sydenham 926; Aemilia 10</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a second coin celebrating the next battle with the Macedonians. This time with the coin commemorating the moneyer's father, Q Caecillius Metellus who became Macedonicus for his victory over Andriskos (claiming to be the son of Perseus, and with support from the Seleukids and Carthage). The final battle again at Pydna in 148 BC.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1325946[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>M. Caecilius Q.f. Q.n. Metellus</b>, 127 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint</p><p><b>Obv: </b>Helmeted head of Roma right, ROMA upward behind; mark of value below chin</p><p><b>Rev:</b> M.METELLVS.Q.F. around Macedonian shield with elephant's head in central boss, surrounded by laurel wreath</p><p><b>Ref: </b><a href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-263.1a" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-263.1a" rel="nofollow">Crawford 263/1a</a>; Sydenham 480; Caecilia 29</p><p><br /></p><p>From this time the Thessalian league was integrated into the Roman province of Macedonia. Local bronze coinage during the Imperial period continued to be issued with Athena Itonia.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7745067, member: 99456"]Thank you, [USER=86498]@Terence Cheesman[/USER], a book that I happened to have sitting next to me. Here's [URL='https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=smb-001%3A1957%3A7%3A%3A304#304']the paper from Peter Robert Franke[/URL], describing the hoard found in Aidona of 4 denarii and 4 thessalian staters. I will add the reference from Caesar's [URL='https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Caesar/Civil_Wars/3B*.html#35']Bellum Civile III 35[/URL] to a friend and an enemy in Thessaly (both names appear on Thessalian staters - and I wish there were more clues to the Heg... and Her... on my OP coin): [SIZE=3]"Of these officers Calvisius was received on his arrival with the utmost goodwill of all the Aetolians, and having expelled the garrisons of the foe from Calydon and Naupactus gained possession of the whole of Aetolia. Cassius arrived with his legion in Thessaly; here, since there were two factions, he met with a divergence of feeling among the towns: [B]Hegesaretos[/B], a man of long-established influence, favoured the cause of Pompeius; [B]Petraeus[/B], a youth of the highest rank, energetically supported Caesar with his own and his people's resources."[/SIZE] An example of a different die shown for my OP coin in [URL='https://issuu.com/cngcoins/docs/bcd_triton_xv_virtual_catalog/338']Triton XV[/URL]. [URL='https://issuu.com/cngcoins/docs/nomos_04_proof/140']Nomos Auction 4[/URL] also available on issuu. [ATTACH=full]1325691[/ATTACH] Yes & thanks. For proper context, I should have covered the subsequent 50 years...and with it some coins of the Roman Republic. First a coin that celebrates the victory in the Third Macedonian War (171–168 BC), over son of Philip V, Perseus, at Pydna in 168 BC by Lucius Aemilius Paulus who was consul in 182 and 168 BC. [ATTACH=full]1325950[/ATTACH] [B]L. Aemilius Lepidus Paullus[/B], 62 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint [B]Obv:[/B] Veiled and diademed head of Concordia right [B]Rev:[/B] Trophy; to left, three captives (King Perseus of Macedon and his two sons) standing right; to right, Paullus standing left [B]Ref: [/B][URL='http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-415.1']Crawford 415/1[/URL]; Sydenham 926; Aemilia 10 Here's a second coin celebrating the next battle with the Macedonians. This time with the coin commemorating the moneyer's father, Q Caecillius Metellus who became Macedonicus for his victory over Andriskos (claiming to be the son of Perseus, and with support from the Seleukids and Carthage). The final battle again at Pydna in 148 BC. [ATTACH=full]1325946[/ATTACH] [B]M. Caecilius Q.f. Q.n. Metellus[/B], 127 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint [B]Obv: [/B]Helmeted head of Roma right, ROMA upward behind; mark of value below chin [B]Rev:[/B] M.METELLVS.Q.F. around Macedonian shield with elephant's head in central boss, surrounded by laurel wreath [B]Ref: [/B][URL='http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-263.1a']Crawford 263/1a[/URL]; Sydenham 480; Caecilia 29 From this time the Thessalian league was integrated into the Roman province of Macedonia. Local bronze coinage during the Imperial period continued to be issued with Athena Itonia.[/QUOTE]
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