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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 2653444, member: 51347"]I like this toning:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]587356[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic</p><p>Province of Macedonia</p><p>Thessalonika Mint</p><p>Quaestor Aesillas (BC 90-70)</p><p>AR Tetradrachm 28 mm x 16.50 grams</p><p>Obverse: Flowing hair bust of Alexander the Great, Greek legend, MAKEDONWN (Macedonians) TH mint mark behind bust</p><p>Reverse: Club of Hercules center, Coin Chest left field, Quaestor's chair right field. Surround be a wreath. Latin Legend - AESILLAS</p><p>Ref:BMC 81-83; Dewing 1224-1225</p><p>ex: Nathan Miller Collection</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]587358[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic</p><p>Anonymous, 280-275 BCE</p><p>AR Didrachm (20mm, 7.28g, 11h)</p><p>Uncertain mint (Neapolis?)</p><p>OBV: Helmeted head of bearded Mars to left; oak spray to right</p><p><i>REV: </i>Horse’s head right, wearing bridle, on base inscribed ROMANO; to left, stalk of grain.</p><p>REF: Sear 22; Crawford 13/1; HN III 266. Sydenham 1</p><p>COMMENTS: Minor reverse corrosion. First AR coin struck by the Romans...</p><p>Crawford in "Coinage and Money under the Roman Roman Republic", (pg 29), claims that this coin may have been minted EARLIER, perhaps 312-308 BCE to pay for the building of the Via Apppia from Rome to Capua</p><p><i>From a Swiss collection, formed in the 1990's</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 2653444, member: 51347"]I like this toning: [ATTACH=full]587356[/ATTACH] Roman Republic Province of Macedonia Thessalonika Mint Quaestor Aesillas (BC 90-70) AR Tetradrachm 28 mm x 16.50 grams Obverse: Flowing hair bust of Alexander the Great, Greek legend, MAKEDONWN (Macedonians) TH mint mark behind bust Reverse: Club of Hercules center, Coin Chest left field, Quaestor's chair right field. Surround be a wreath. Latin Legend - AESILLAS Ref:BMC 81-83; Dewing 1224-1225 ex: Nathan Miller Collection [ATTACH=full]587358[/ATTACH] Roman Republic Anonymous, 280-275 BCE AR Didrachm (20mm, 7.28g, 11h) Uncertain mint (Neapolis?) OBV: Helmeted head of bearded Mars to left; oak spray to right [I]REV: [/I]Horse’s head right, wearing bridle, on base inscribed ROMANO; to left, stalk of grain. REF: Sear 22; Crawford 13/1; HN III 266. Sydenham 1 COMMENTS: Minor reverse corrosion. First AR coin struck by the Romans... Crawford in "Coinage and Money under the Roman Roman Republic", (pg 29), claims that this coin may have been minted EARLIER, perhaps 312-308 BCE to pay for the building of the Via Apppia from Rome to Capua [I]From a Swiss collection, formed in the 1990's [/I][/QUOTE]
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