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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2639365, member: 56859&quot;][USER=42634]@chrsmat71[/USER], those boat names are pretty funny <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=44183]@stevex6[/USER], I have no Boeotians <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few clubs and shields not already shown by others.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_e6d427d86f964184b5ddea492ddc90d2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MACEDONIA, uncertain</b></p><p>c. 500 BCE</p><p>AR trihemitetartemorion (trihemiobol), 6 mm, 0.28 gm</p><p>Obv: monkey squatting left</p><p>Rev: round <b>shield</b> or pellet within incuse square</p><p>Ref: &quot;Uncertain Thraco-Macedonian Coins, Part II&quot;, Nomismatika Khronika (1998, Tzamalis), 67</p><p><i>Maybe a shield... maybe just a dot or design.&nbsp; Today let&#039;s call it a shield <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/illyria-nymphaeumdiobol-jpg.518311/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><b>ILLYRIA, Apollonia</b></p><p>c. 1st century BCE</p><p>AR 15 mm, 1.25 gm</p><p>Obv: AI-NEA; fires of the Nymphaeum of Apollonia; dotted border</p><p>Rev: AΠOΛΛΩ-NIATAN, lagobolon; dotted border</p><p>Ref: BMC 44; Maier 121</p><p><i>A <b>lagobolon is sort of a club</b>, right?&nbsp; A specialized club used for bashing bunnies <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_964743909d0744d0977ef070a40fb6b4.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffill%252Fw_936%252Ch_521%252Cal_c%252Clg_1%252Cq_90%252Fae43f8_964743909d0744d0977ef070a40fb6b4.jpg%26hash%3D3d97b21d97de88f45263787aafe49fc5&amp;hash=aa60c6b06ee93828ab8feb0dbd86a850" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><b>ARGOLIS, Argos</b></p><p>330-270 BCE</p><p>AR Triobol or Hemidrachm, 14mm, 2.4 g</p><p>Obv: forepart of wolf left, retrograde Σ above</p><p>Rev: large A; Π–Ρ above, <b>club</b> below; all within shallow incuse square</p><p>Ref: BCD Peloponnesos 1083.3; HGC 5, 667</p><p><i>ex Dr. Georgios I. Michael Collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/thrace-deultum-philipi-beehive-jpg.411240/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><b>THRACE, Deultum. Philip I &quot;The Arab&quot;</b></p><p>CE 244-249</p><p>AE16, 3.05 gm</p><p>Obv: PHILIPPVS IMP M I; laureate, draped, cuirassed bust left, holding spear and <b>shield</b></p><p>Rev: C-F P-D in two lines across fields, beehive on a base</p><p>Ref: Varbanov 3041 corr. (rev. description; Varbanov describes the beehive as on a temple, similar to the known type of Philip II, but on this coin it appears to be a simple base or stand)</p><p><i>Yeah, it&#039;s a pretty weak example of a shield...</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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