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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2304912, member: 42773&quot;]Here&#039;s a coin you don&#039;t see every day - the first one I&#039;ve ever handled. This coin was minted after the Fourth Macedonian War (150-148 BC), as Rome established its first permanent dominance over the Greek world, dividing Macedonia into four client republics. The Achaean League put up some resistance, but was quickly defeated - Corinth was destroyed in 146 BC, the same year Carthage fell. A momentous time for the Republic!</p><p><br /></p><p>This is an important coin as it names the Roman quaestor Gaius Publius Tamios. &quot;In the Roman Republic, <i>quaestores</i> were elected officials who supervised the treasury and financial affairs of the state, its armies and its officers.&quot; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaestor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaestor" rel="nofollow">-wiki</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Not a Republic coin <i>per se</i>, but the first bronze issued in the new province of Macedonia. (Two provinces actually: Achaea and Epirus, but none of the scholarship I came across pinpoints the exact location of the mint. Is it possible these were minted in Rome for use in Macedonia?)</p><p><br /></p><p>What an un-Greek looking Athena, no?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]463500[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]463501[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="4">Macedon as Roman Province, District of Bottiaia.</font></b></p><p><font size="4">Gaius Publius Tamios, Quaestor </font></p><p><font size="4">AE20, 7.6g, 12h; Macedonian mint, c. 148-146 BC.</font></p><p><font size="4">Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right.</font></p><p><font size="4">Rev: ΓΑΙΟΥ / ΤΑΜΙΟΥ; Cow standing right; monogram beneath.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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