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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 4552275, member: 91461"]Thanks [USER=96635]@Pavlos[/USER]! It's a labor or greed<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie93" alt=":troll:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />...I mean LOVE, it's a labor of love<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><img src="https://therealnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Greed-is-Good-Gordon-Gekko.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(it isn't. but cool movie and qoute)</p><p><br /></p><p>I have more than a few that I still NEED. Ala, Tets (oh and those celtic immitation tets are fantastic as well), more of those ugly little Roman imperial types and, as we all know, the beauty of ancients is that new types seem to pop up all the time!</p><p>In regards to the second question, IDK. Attribution for some of these is still debated. But I do believe I have most of the big dogs from Macedon that had Shield coins minted, but I do not believe every King after ATG had them minted.</p><p>Uh, Yeah [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER], those are rare! You can sometimes find them for buy it new prices that are obscene to their condition. I had to wait almost a year for one to come up at an auction that I trust...and when it did there were 2 soooo, I kinda had to pick them both up. Just to be safe<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1127100[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1127101[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Wonderful example [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER]! Much better than mine and with a beautiful toning going on. Yeah, those Metelii. They were such a noble family going so far back into the early days of Rome...but they were enemies of Julius Caesar, so I go back and forth on admiration to frustration with em....</p><p>On a side note, thanks to your post, I just noticed that my presentation is missing one of my favorite MSCs! Here is a RR showing those rascally Romans trampling the i-coin-ic shield. Guess this means I need to start a 6th slide theme:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1127102[/ATTACH] </p><p>T. Quinctius Flamininus, 126 BCE, AR denarius. Rome, 3.91g, 18mm.</p><p>Obv: Helmeted bust of Roma right; flamen's cap behind; XVI ligate below chin</p><p>Rev: The Dioscuri riding right, each holding a couched lance, stars above; Macedonian shield between T-Q below; ROMA in exergue.</p><p>Crawford 267/1</p><p>The key feature of the type – the Macedonian shield on the reverse – is very clear on this example.</p><p>Issued by a descendant of the more famous Flamininus, a philhellene who prosecuted the second Macedonian War against Philip V and proclaimed freedom for Greece.</p><p>Ex: AMCC 2 consigned by Caesar_Augustus</p><p><br /></p><p>Golly,</p><p>[USER=106483]@NewStyleKing[/USER] what a masterful Portrait of Pan! I've always liked the stories of this satyr</p><p><img src="http://www.theoi.com/image/Z22.4Pan.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 4552275, member: 91461"]Thanks [USER=96635]@Pavlos[/USER]! It's a labor or greed:troll:...I mean LOVE, it's a labor of love:D. [IMG]https://therealnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Greed-is-Good-Gordon-Gekko.jpg[/IMG] (it isn't. but cool movie and qoute) I have more than a few that I still NEED. Ala, Tets (oh and those celtic immitation tets are fantastic as well), more of those ugly little Roman imperial types and, as we all know, the beauty of ancients is that new types seem to pop up all the time! In regards to the second question, IDK. Attribution for some of these is still debated. But I do believe I have most of the big dogs from Macedon that had Shield coins minted, but I do not believe every King after ATG had them minted. Uh, Yeah [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER], those are rare! You can sometimes find them for buy it new prices that are obscene to their condition. I had to wait almost a year for one to come up at an auction that I trust...and when it did there were 2 soooo, I kinda had to pick them both up. Just to be safe;) [ATTACH=full]1127100[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1127101[/ATTACH] Wonderful example [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER]! Much better than mine and with a beautiful toning going on. Yeah, those Metelii. They were such a noble family going so far back into the early days of Rome...but they were enemies of Julius Caesar, so I go back and forth on admiration to frustration with em.... On a side note, thanks to your post, I just noticed that my presentation is missing one of my favorite MSCs! Here is a RR showing those rascally Romans trampling the i-coin-ic shield. Guess this means I need to start a 6th slide theme: [ATTACH=full]1127102[/ATTACH] T. Quinctius Flamininus, 126 BCE, AR denarius. Rome, 3.91g, 18mm. Obv: Helmeted bust of Roma right; flamen's cap behind; XVI ligate below chin Rev: The Dioscuri riding right, each holding a couched lance, stars above; Macedonian shield between T-Q below; ROMA in exergue. Crawford 267/1 The key feature of the type – the Macedonian shield on the reverse – is very clear on this example. Issued by a descendant of the more famous Flamininus, a philhellene who prosecuted the second Macedonian War against Philip V and proclaimed freedom for Greece. Ex: AMCC 2 consigned by Caesar_Augustus Golly, [USER=106483]@NewStyleKing[/USER] what a masterful Portrait of Pan! I've always liked the stories of this satyr [IMG]http://www.theoi.com/image/Z22.4Pan.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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