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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 4853669, member: 51347&quot;]Welcome to Ancients collecting, welcome to the Ancients Forum of CT, and very nice coins, [USER=101506]@dbc99[/USER] .&nbsp; Congrats on your finds!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my Republic Denarius like yours.&nbsp; The reverse commemorates the defeat of Makedon by the Moneyer&#039;s ancestor.&nbsp; The Dioscuri are riding / trampling a Makedonwn shield. The device behind Roam&#039;s head is an Apex, or headwear worn by the Flamen Dialis, who was the High Priest of Jupiter (highest Roman God).&nbsp; The Moneyer&#039;s Grandfather defeated Makedon, rendering the Greek Phalanx obsolete to the Roman Legion means of battle.&nbsp; This is a Wiki article on his Grandfather of the same namesake (yeah, welcome to Roman names...)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus_Quinctius_Flamininus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus_Quinctius_Flamininus" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus_Quinctius_Flamininus</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1172043[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic</p><p>T Quinctius Flamininus</p><p>126 BC</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>Roma</p><p>Diosc gallpng T-Q Macedon Shield</p><p>Sear 143, Crawford 267-1[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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