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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 7543658, member: 57495"]My Fourth Meris is a pretty worn example, but I was very pleased when I was able to snag it. Hope one comes your way soon, [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER]. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301837[/ATTACH]<b>MACEDONIA, Roman Protectorate, Fourth Meris</b> </p><p>AE23. 8.47g, 22.7mm. MACEDON, as Roman Protectorate, Fourth Meris. Heraclea Lynci mint, circa 167-149 BC. SNG Cop 1316; Weber 3709; MacKay pl. III, 12; AMNG III/1, 188. O: Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath. R: Club; monogram and MAKEΔONΩN above, TETAPTHΣ and monogram below; all within oak wreath; thunderbolt to left.</p><p><br /></p><p>And here's another favorite bronze of mine from Macedon. It's traditionally attributed with a "time of Philip V – Perseus" descriptor, but HGC gets more specific and puts forward the theory that these were in fact struck by the pretender, Philip Andriskos. The story is that he had gone to the Seleukid court to seek the help of Demetrios against the Romans. Even though he didn't get the troops he was looking for, he did return to Macedon with some Syrian mint workers who produced for Andriskos these serrate bronzes that recall contemporary Seleukid issues. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301838[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>MACEDON, the Macedonians. Time of Philip VI Andriskos (?)</b></p><p>AE Serrate. 10.0g, 25mm. MACEDON, Amphipolis mint, probably under Philip VI Andriskos, circa 149-148 BC. SNG Cop 1294; HGC 3.1, 331 (S). O: Diademed head of Poseidon right, trident over shoulder. R: MAKE-ΔONΩN, club; monograms below left and right; all within oak wreath.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 7543658, member: 57495"]My Fourth Meris is a pretty worn example, but I was very pleased when I was able to snag it. Hope one comes your way soon, [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER]. [ATTACH=full]1301837[/ATTACH][B]MACEDONIA, Roman Protectorate, Fourth Meris[/B] AE23. 8.47g, 22.7mm. MACEDON, as Roman Protectorate, Fourth Meris. Heraclea Lynci mint, circa 167-149 BC. SNG Cop 1316; Weber 3709; MacKay pl. III, 12; AMNG III/1, 188. O: Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath. R: Club; monogram and MAKEΔONΩN above, TETAPTHΣ and monogram below; all within oak wreath; thunderbolt to left. And here's another favorite bronze of mine from Macedon. It's traditionally attributed with a "time of Philip V – Perseus" descriptor, but HGC gets more specific and puts forward the theory that these were in fact struck by the pretender, Philip Andriskos. The story is that he had gone to the Seleukid court to seek the help of Demetrios against the Romans. Even though he didn't get the troops he was looking for, he did return to Macedon with some Syrian mint workers who produced for Andriskos these serrate bronzes that recall contemporary Seleukid issues. [ATTACH=full]1301838[/ATTACH] [B]MACEDON, the Macedonians. Time of Philip VI Andriskos (?)[/B] AE Serrate. 10.0g, 25mm. MACEDON, Amphipolis mint, probably under Philip VI Andriskos, circa 149-148 BC. SNG Cop 1294; HGC 3.1, 331 (S). O: Diademed head of Poseidon right, trident over shoulder. R: MAKE-ΔONΩN, club; monograms below left and right; all within oak wreath.[/QUOTE]
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