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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 3336519, member: 91461&quot;]Amazing coin [USER=80147]@Ancient Aussie[/USER]!!</p><p>One of those has been on my list pretty much since day one. And the condition is FANTASTIC!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> (also, love the mind blown status with the top of the emojis brain coming out! Wish I&#039;d found it first)</p><p>You&#039;ve got me beat by a long shot (just over a century) for RR bronze. But here is one I just got yesterday in the mail from Herakles on V coins that I am very happy with (I haven&#039;t had a chance to up the new pictures yet. So here&#039;s the sellers).</p><p>It&#039;s a certifiable TIFmademedoit coin. As her examples are through the roof scary. As always, in hand this thing is a scary beast itself.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]883784[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Date:</b> Roman Republican Period, 167-165 B.C.</p><p><b>Denomination: </b>Æ Unit.</p><p><b>Diameter:</b> 22 mm.</p><p><b>Weight:</b> 9.43 grams.</p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Facing mask of Silenos with pointed ears, wearing ivy wreath.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> MAKE / ΔΟΝΩΝ in two lines within oak wreath.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> SNG Copenhagen 1324-6; MacKay pl. III, 10; Touratsoglou, <i>Macedonia</i> 25.</p><p><b>Grade:</b> Very Fine. Dark earthen patina.</p><p><b>Note:</b> Transitional Bronze Issue. Very Rare.</p><p><b>Comments:</b> Very little is known about this attractive and interesting type. Originally attributed as an issue of the Roman D. Julius Silanus, more recent scholarship, particularly hoard analyses, have proved this untenable. The period to which it now belongs was marked by turmoil caused largely by various barbarian invasions, and coin production was sporadic at all of the Macedonian mints, and probably related to military activity. The Silenos type and oak wreaths were common local motifs used on coins in the Thraco-Macedonian region.</p><p><br /></p><p>Though I do have something Roman that&#039;s even older on the way...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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