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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 7558376, member: 91461&quot;]Thrilled to say I just recieved a hard fought, long sought Macedonian shield coin of the VERY short lived (and well fed) Roman Augustus Vitellius!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1303448[/ATTACH]</p><p>Vitellius Æ23 of the Koinon of Macedon. AD 69. [OYIΤΕΛ]ΛΙΟΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝ[ΙΚΟΣ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ], laureate head left / [ΣΕ]ΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΜΑΚΕ[ΔΟΝΩΝ], Macedonian shield. RPC I 1616. 9.39g, 23 mm.</p><p>Nearly Very Fine. Very Rare. Purchased from Savoca May 2021</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin set a unique milestone for me, as it completed my set of Roman Emperors with coins with their portrait on the obverse and MSCs on the reverse!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Somethings missing here:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1303452[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There it is<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1303453[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and I guess you want to see the Augusti:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1303454[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As well as an upgrade on my old Claudius was a travel buddy with Vitellius:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1303450[/ATTACH]</p><p>Koinon of Macedon. Claudius. A.D. 41-54. Æ. 9.43 gm. 23 mm. Beroea mint. His bare head left; TI KΛΑYΔΙΟC KAICAP / Macedonian shield; MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ. RPC I 1612. SNG Copenhagen 1334. Varbanov 3005. Very Fine; pleasing dark green patina. Purchased from Savoca May 2021</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The Koinon of the Macedonians was a confederation of Macedonian cities under a central government or king (or, under Roman rule, the Roman emperor). Rooted in the Hellenistic period, this central administration handled diplomatic issues both between member city-states and with foreign bodies. Coins issued in the name of the &#039;Macedonians&#039; first appear during the reigns of Philip V and Perseus, and continued to appear under Roman rule. The Romans reorganized the Koinon around the imperial cult and put members of the local elite in charge. They organized and financed festivals and games, and were awarded Roman citizenship in return. The iconography of the Koinon issues (Alexander the Great, the Macedonian shield, and so on) reflect a powerful ethnic and civic identity that, as it was no longer a threat to Roman control, was allowed to flourish. (Howgego, Christopher; Heuchert, Volker; Burnett, Andrew, Coinage and Identity in the Roman Provinces. 2005.)&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>A recent unique Koinon of Nero with a tiny MSC:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1303456[/ATTACH]</p><p>MACEDON, Koinon of Macedon. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ (30mm, 15.68 g, 1h). Bare head left / Ares standing left, holding wreath and spear; round shield to right. RPC 1613 (same obv. die as illustration); Varbanov 3010 (same rev. die as illustration). Good VF, brown and green patina, minor roughness. Very rare.</p><p>Nero AE30 of Thessalonica, Macedonia. NEΡΩN KAICAΡ, youthful, bare head left / MAKEΔONΩN, Ares standing left. Moushmov 5876.</p><p>Purchased from Savoca March 2021</p><p><br /></p><p>And this strange Augustus from Spain will have to help fill the void since Claudius was the first to get this coin types treatment from Macedon and Marcus Aurelius was last:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1303458[/ATTACH]</p><p>Augustus</p><p>Hispania, Uncertain mint.. 27 B.C.-A.D. 14 Æ as (24 mm, 7.25 g). &#039;Moneta castrensis&#039;. Mint in northewestern Spain, Probably struck before 23 B.C. [IMP] AVG DIVI F, bare head left; palm branch before, winged caduceus behind / Round shield with four linear outer panels and round central boss. ACIP 3301; RPC 3. Fine, earthen-green patina.</p><p>Ex: Silicua Subastas</p><p>&quot;The &#039;Moneta castrensis&#039; coinage, lacking any sort of ethnic or magistrate, is impossible to place with certainty. Most examples are found in northwestern Spain, and stylistically show some affinity to the Spanish issues of Carisius. The obverse legend places the coinage after 27 B.C., and the fact that the coins lack any indication of the tribunican power suggest a terminus post quem of 23 B.C. It is most likely that the &#039;moneta castrensis&#039; coinage was struck to finance Rome&#039;s efforts during the Cantabrian Wars, which brought an end to Spanish self-determination and finalized the province&#039;s subjugation.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a small and interesting group that has Koinon made. And even more exclusive is the group with the honor of the Macedonian shield on the reverse. Ironically, the Macedonians of old always had them on the obverse, NOT the reverse!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1303466[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s one of my favorites that makes up for what it lacks in portrait with beauty<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie16" alt=":artist:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1303465[/ATTACH]</p><p>Pseudo-autonomous issue, 1st century AD. (Bronze, 17 mm, 4.97 g), Beroia. Macedonian shield. Rev. MΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Nike standing to left on globe, holding wreath with the extended right hand and palm branch with the left. SNG Cop. 1331. SNG ANS.-. RPC -. Unusual and rare; a very interesting exampleA very interesting and scarce emission of the Macedonian Koinon</p><p>MACEDON. Koinon of Macedon. Ex: Munzzentrum</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]u1V8YRJnr4Q[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>So please, share your Koinon, MSCs, completed sub collections that you&#039;ve completed or anything relevant and or fun<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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