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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 7805829, member: 91461&quot;]A side anecdote, cracks me up how bad ace the horns on the helmets are on these.</p><p>Then the Romans come along and show Philip V with these silly comically small horns. Were the Romans, who often said that they would have defeated Alexander had he turned west instead of East, suffering from a case of Greek horn envy?:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1340692[/ATTACH]</p><p>L. MARCIUS PHILIPPUS. Denarius (112 or 113 BC). Rome.</p><p>Obv: Head of Philip V of Macedon right, wearing diademed royal Macedonian helmet with goat horns; Roma monogram to upper left, Φ to lower right.</p><p>Rev: L PHILIPPVS .</p><p>Equestrian statue right; mark of value in exergue. Crawford 293/1. VF 3.99 g. 19 mm.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Ex Numismatik Naumann</p><p>Purchased Jan/2021[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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