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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jochen1, post: 6393827, member: 103829&quot;]Dear friends of ancient coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>This wonderful coin lies like lead in my collection because I have not yet been able to decipher the inscription on the shield. But this inscription is decisive for the significance of this coin. That is why I am now putting all my hopes in the expertise of this forum.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum, Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161</p><p>AE 34, 26.53g, 33.3mm, 210°.</p><p>struck under the grammateus L. Dioskourides Gratos Metr.</p><p>Obv.: [T AI]ΛIOC KAICAP - ANTΩNEINO[C].&nbsp; &nbsp; Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.</p><p>Rev.: EΠI ΔIOCKOVPIΔ[OV] ΓP - MAΓ - NHTΩN&nbsp; Themistokles, naked to waist, seated on throne with lion&#039;s feet l., holding a&nbsp; shield set on a stele before him with the inscription .EM / .AN / OC (?), his l. hand on a sword hanging in a sheet from his left hip; r. behind him a horse with its head</p><p>turned to the left.</p><p>Ref.: unpublished; cf. Schultz 104 (V3); RPC IV.2; 11511 (temp., this coin)</p><p>extremely rare, almost SS</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1253211[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>After lengthy research and discussions with luminaries such as Peter Weiss and Ruprecht Ziegler, we were able to agree on Themistokles. But what is the legend on the shield?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1253213[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Any one who has an opinion for the legend of the shield? Even crazy ideas are welcome!</p><p><br /></p><p>Best regards[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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