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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 3013678, member: 82322&quot;]The shield/helmet bronzes make a good cheap series to collect because there are many varieties and even the rare ones are rarely expensive in middle grades.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are two Philip V shield bronzes that are neither B A nor MAKE ΔONΩN.&nbsp; The boss depicts the hero Perseus, whom Philip V named is son after:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]747833[/ATTACH]</p><p>Macedon, Philip V 2.14g AE15, Uncertain mint in Macedon</p><p>Obv: shield with Perseus as boss</p><p>Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ; Uncrested Macedonian helmet</p><p>Sear 6800, SNG Cop 1241-3</p><p>ex-Barry Murphy, January 2003</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]747834[/ATTACH]</p><p>Macedon, Philip V, after 211 BC, 3.0g AE16, Uncertain mint in Macedon</p><p>Obv: shield with Perseus facing LEFT as boss</p><p>Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ; Uncrested Macedonian helmet, star above</p><p>Ref: SNG Alpha Bank 1067</p><p>ex [USER=76086]@Ken Dorney[/USER] January 2012</p><p><br /></p><p>The second one, with Perseus&#039; head left, is rare.&nbsp; I knew it existed but it was nine years before I saw one for sale.&nbsp; It was not expensive because no one collects low grade variations of shield bronzes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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