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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cherylkubucko, post: 695704, member: 9624&quot;]<a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1102&amp;pos=0#Greece" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1102&amp;pos=0#Greece" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1102&amp;pos=0#Greece</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Epirote Republic, c. 234 - 168 B.C.<a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?param=34658q00.jpg&amp;vpar=1102&amp;zpg=40342&amp;fld=http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Coins2/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?param=34658q00.jpg&amp;vpar=1102&amp;zpg=40342&amp;fld=http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Coins2/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Coins2/34658p00.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/zoom.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a><span style="color: #000066">Epirus</span> remained neutral in the first two Macedonian Wars but split in the Third Macedonian War; the Molossians siding with the Macedonians and the Chaones and Thesproti siding with Rome. The outcome was disastrous. Molossia fell to Rome in 167 B.C., 150,000 of its inhabitants were enslaved and the region was so thoroughly plundered that it took 500 years for central <span style="color: #000066">Epirus</span> to fully recover. 34658. Bronze AE 15, BMC <span style="color: #000066">Epirus</span> p. 91, 51, aVF, weight 2.289 g, maximum <span style="color: #000066">diameter</span> 14.9 mm, <span style="color: #000066">die axis</span> 180o, Molossia? mint, <span style="color: #000066">obverse</span> laureate head of Zeus right; <span style="color: #000066">reverse</span> <font face="Symbol">APEIRWTAN</font>, thunderbolt;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Epeirote Republic Before 238 B.C. AE 15 mm. Head of Zeus Dodonaios r., wreathed with oak / Thunderbolt. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/epeiros/SNGCop_106v.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/epeiros/SNGCop_106v.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/epeiros/SNGCop_106v.jpg</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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