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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 7699679, member: 91461"]Excellent picture RC<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie86" alt=":snaphappy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> and great coin!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I get a kick out of how much this particular Metellus reverse, much like their MSC reverse, shows that the gens Caecilia liked putting iconography of their vanquished Macedonian foes wherever they could.</p><p>Certainly this type is a nod and a wink to the old Seleukid:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1321526[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 7699679, member: 91461"]Excellent picture RC:snaphappy::singing: and great coin!:cigar: I get a kick out of how much this particular Metellus reverse, much like their MSC reverse, shows that the gens Caecilia liked putting iconography of their vanquished Macedonian foes wherever they could. Certainly this type is a nod and a wink to the old Seleukid: [ATTACH=full]1321526[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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