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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1280112, member: 26302&quot;]Macedon was always considered &quot;greek&quot;, they were what the classical greeks considered &quot;barbaric cousins&quot;, or &quot;country greeks&quot; as it were. They would make fun of their accent, but it was still greek. </p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding Christian&#039;s comment about Sicily being Greek, that would only be true of the Greek settlements there. Any coins struck with this particular horse&#039;s head was only struck under the authority of Carthaginian masters after Carthage had conquered the area. He is very right Carthage was Phoenician, but again Phoenician were not Greeks, even though modern day numismatists lump all of these non-Roman coins together as &quot;Greek&quot;. I would say at least a third of all coins in Sears &quot;Greek Coins&quot; book were struck by people who would kill you if you dared referred to them as Greeks, so the problem is ours, not theirs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, sorry if off topic, I just wanted to make this point clear to everyone. On topic, thank you for the posts regarding these modern coins, as I do find them attractive, like many European coins versus our lame coins in the US. This has been a helpful thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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