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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24674355, member: 26430&quot;]Oh, that&#039;s a good one! Hard to choose, many of my favorite Greek &amp; Roman Provincials come right to mind. (Even Republican &amp; early Imperial &quot;Moneyers&quot; should probably qualify as &quot;magistrates.&quot;)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ΑΡΙΣΤΟΚΡΑΤΗΣ = Aristokrates</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The little &quot;Pseudo-Rhodian&quot; Drachms (copying the earlier Helios/Rose coins of Rhodos) could only fit one official&#039;s name on their smaller canvas, unlike the &quot;New Style&quot; with their 3+. (And in this case they didn&#039;t even fit the first two letters!)</p><p><br /></p><p>Struck for mercenaries (probably Cretan) in Third Macedonian War. We don&#039;t know for certain by/for which side (but prob. Perseus). Perseus &amp; Rome probably both used Cretan mercenaries and may have both paid in Pseudo-Rhodian coin!</p><p><br /></p><p>This one is a &quot;plate coin&quot; in one of Richard Ashton&#039;s many articles on Pseudo-Rhodian coins, most of which are available free on <a href="https://www.jstor.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jstor.org/" rel="nofollow">JSTOR.org</a> (worth registering free w/ your email if you don&#039;t already have access), and ex 1992 Thessalonike Area Hoard (CH VIII, 426):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1573707[/ATTACH]</p><p>Excerpting <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/42668203" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/42668203" rel="nofollow">Ashton (2002, <i>NC)</i></a>, “Clubs, Thunderbolts, Torches, Stars and Caducei…”</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1573706[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="7"><b>NEXT</b>:</font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="7">FACING PORTRAIT / HEAD</font></p> <p style="text-align: center">(&quot;3/4 facing&quot; acceptable; whether deity or mortal ruler; Greek, Roman, Byz, or Other!)</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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