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<p>[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2682957, member: 74282"]$.99 from a friend who sells coins on eBay occasionally and at many coin shows. He listed a bunch of really nice Imperial and Greek types the same night that got a ton of bidding action but this little guy went unnoticed and was the first coin of my "Roman Republic Provincial" collection. He told me it was probably the best deal he'd ever given anyone, and judging by the $120 asking price that was on his tag that came with it, I think that's probably the truth.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]600138[/ATTACH]</p><p>Macedon, Roman Rule, Æ(22mm, 10.65g). Gaius Publilius, Quaestor, 168-167 BC. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet terminating at the top in the head of a griffin. Border of dots / ΓΑΙΟΥ ΤΑΜΙΟΥ ΠΟΠΛΙΛΙΟΥ in two lines within a wreath of oak-leaves. Above, monogram. Line border. MacKay, "Bronze Coinage In Macedonia, 168-166 BC," ANSMN 14 (1968), pp. 5, pl.III, 2; SNG Copenhagen 1320.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2682957, member: 74282"]$.99 from a friend who sells coins on eBay occasionally and at many coin shows. He listed a bunch of really nice Imperial and Greek types the same night that got a ton of bidding action but this little guy went unnoticed and was the first coin of my "Roman Republic Provincial" collection. He told me it was probably the best deal he'd ever given anyone, and judging by the $120 asking price that was on his tag that came with it, I think that's probably the truth. [ATTACH=full]600138[/ATTACH] Macedon, Roman Rule, Æ(22mm, 10.65g). Gaius Publilius, Quaestor, 168-167 BC. Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet terminating at the top in the head of a griffin. Border of dots / ΓΑΙΟΥ ΤΑΜΙΟΥ ΠΟΠΛΙΛΙΟΥ in two lines within a wreath of oak-leaves. Above, monogram. Line border. MacKay, "Bronze Coinage In Macedonia, 168-166 BC," ANSMN 14 (1968), pp. 5, pl.III, 2; SNG Copenhagen 1320.[/QUOTE]
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