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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3047036, member: 57495&quot;]I wanted to drop a few coins into this thread when it was first out but didn&#039;t have access to my photo database.&nbsp; Now that I&#039;m back home, I thought I&#039;d post a couple...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>500-400 BCE </b></p><p>- 1 Sikyon c. 460-405 BCE (coinage used by Sparta)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]761543[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>SIKYONIA, Sikyon</b></p><p>AR Stater. 11.98g, 24.2mm.&nbsp; SIKYONIA, Sikyon, circa 431-400.&nbsp; BCD Peloponnesos 186; HGC 5, 181.&nbsp; O: Chimaera standing left; ΣE below.&nbsp; R: Dove flying left within wreath.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Roman provincial </b></p><p>— Macedon: see 168 BCE above</p><p>[ATTACH=full]761544[/ATTACH]<b>MACEDONIA, Roman Protectorate, First Meris</b></p><p>AR Tetradrachm. 16.84g, 32.7mm. MACEDONIA (as Roman Protectorate), First Meris, Amphipolis mint, circa 167 - 149 BC.&nbsp; SNG Cop 1313; Prokopov 127.&nbsp; O: Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder, in the center of a Macedonian shield.&nbsp; R: Club; monogram above, two monograms below, MAKEΔONΩN above, ΠPΩTHΣ below; all within oak wreath, thunderbolt to left.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Roman provincial</b></p><p>— 1 Nicaea</p><p>[ATTACH=full]761545[/ATTACH]<b>COMMODUS</b></p><p>Rare. AE Hemiassarion. 3.13g, 17.1mm. BITHYNIA, Nicaea, circa AD 177-192. RPC online 6024 (4 specimens). O: [ΑYΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ] ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤωΝ, laureate head right. R: ΝΙΚΑΙЄΩΝ, Mask of Silenos in profile, back-section within a <i>liknon </i>(winnowing-fan).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Misc. contemporary with Rome </b></p><p>—1 Aksum (c. 300-500)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]761546[/ATTACH]<b>KINGS OF AXUM, Anonymous </b></p><p>AE16. 1.25g, 15.5mm. Kings of Axum, Anonymous, circa AD 400-500. Munro-Hay Type 76. O: BAX + ACA, crowned bust right, holding cruciform sceptre. R: +TOV TO APECH TH XWPA (May This [the cross] Please the Country), Greek cross in circle; center with traces of gold gilding.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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