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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 7704253, member: 57495"]Fun writeup! And congrats on scoring that rare Fourth Meris bronze... it's a very nice example. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'll share a coin that features Perseus of Macedon, courtesy of that</p><p> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1321968[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.96g, 18.9mm. Rome mint, 62 BC. L. Aemilius Lepidus Paullus, moneyer. Crawford 415/1. O: PAVLLS (sic) LEPIDVS CONCORDIA, diademed and veiled bust of Concordia right. R: TER / PAVLLVS, Trophy; to right, L. Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus in toga standing left; to left, three captives (King Perseus of Macedon and his two sons).</p><p>Notes: <i>The moneyer is L. Aemilius Lepidus Paullus, consul of 50 BC, who claimed descent from L. Aemilius Paullus, the famed Roman general who conquered Macedonia, and was accorded three triumphs, the most celebrated of which is referenced by the reverse of this issue.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 7704253, member: 57495"]Fun writeup! And congrats on scoring that rare Fourth Meris bronze... it's a very nice example. I'll share a coin that features Perseus of Macedon, courtesy of that :D [ATTACH=full]1321968[/ATTACH] [B]ROMAN REPUBLIC[/B] AR Denarius. 3.96g, 18.9mm. Rome mint, 62 BC. L. Aemilius Lepidus Paullus, moneyer. Crawford 415/1. O: PAVLLS (sic) LEPIDVS CONCORDIA, diademed and veiled bust of Concordia right. R: TER / PAVLLVS, Trophy; to right, L. Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus in toga standing left; to left, three captives (King Perseus of Macedon and his two sons). Notes: [I]The moneyer is L. Aemilius Lepidus Paullus, consul of 50 BC, who claimed descent from L. Aemilius Paullus, the famed Roman general who conquered Macedonia, and was accorded three triumphs, the most celebrated of which is referenced by the reverse of this issue.[/I][/QUOTE]
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