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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 8069025, member: 91461"]LOVE EM!!! And both during one of my favorite periods of the Republic... the time of the Gracchi Brothers<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie77" alt=":pompous:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>And had a good laugh at your Chariot wreck<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Of course this gives me a great chance to share 2 RR MSC chariot wrecks that were also in my top ten from last year<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> and this year (!) and then take you down a rabbit hole of MSCness.</p><p>And all around this remarkable time period<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1399173[/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>Purchased from AMCC2 Nov 2019</p><p>"The key feature of the type – the Macedonian shield on the reverse – is very clear on this example.</p><p><br /></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><br /></p><p>And this shield is about to take OUT that chariot!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1399174[/ATTACH]</p><p>Acilius. Denarius. 125 BC. Rome. (Ffc-92). (Craw-271/1). (Cal-64). Anv.: Head of Roma right, ROMA below, BALBVS, (interlace AL), behind, if below chin, all in laurel-wreath. Rev.: Jupiter and Victory in quadriga right, round Macedonian shield below horses, MN. ACILI. (interlace MN), in exergue. Ag. 3,71 g. Choice VF/VF. Purchased from Tauler & Fau 4/2021</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And to further back up Prof. Yarrow's connection between Rome and Paestum, though that MSC reverse isn't much like my example is not nearly as lovely as yours Donna:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1399158[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It does bare a strong reassembled to the, admittedly, much later imperial Macedonian issues of the emperors. A few examples for comparison:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1399164[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1399161[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1399165[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1399163[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The more intriguing coin in my opinion, my smoking gun if you will, is this coin minted in Macedonian after the Roman takeover through the end of the Republic:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1399159[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><u>Macedon under roman administration 130-30 BC.</u></b></p><p>Æ Obv Macedonian shield w/ 4 semi circles around omphalos. Rev: MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ surrounded by dotted circle14 mm., 2,91 g.very fine</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex: Savoca[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 8069025, member: 91461"]LOVE EM!!! And both during one of my favorite periods of the Republic... the time of the Gracchi Brothers:bookworm::pompous::cigar: And had a good laugh at your Chariot wreck:hilarious: Of course this gives me a great chance to share 2 RR MSC chariot wrecks that were also in my top ten from last year:shame: and this year (!) and then take you down a rabbit hole of MSCness. And all around this remarkable time period:woot: [ATTACH=full]1399173[/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 Purchased from AMCC2 Nov 2019 "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." And this shield is about to take OUT that chariot! [ATTACH=full]1399174[/ATTACH] Acilius. Denarius. 125 BC. Rome. (Ffc-92). (Craw-271/1). (Cal-64). Anv.: Head of Roma right, ROMA below, BALBVS, (interlace AL), behind, if below chin, all in laurel-wreath. Rev.: Jupiter and Victory in quadriga right, round Macedonian shield below horses, MN. ACILI. (interlace MN), in exergue. Ag. 3,71 g. Choice VF/VF. Purchased from Tauler & Fau 4/2021 And to further back up Prof. Yarrow's connection between Rome and Paestum, though that MSC reverse isn't much like my example is not nearly as lovely as yours Donna: [ATTACH=full]1399158[/ATTACH] It does bare a strong reassembled to the, admittedly, much later imperial Macedonian issues of the emperors. A few examples for comparison: [ATTACH=full]1399164[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1399161[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1399165[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1399163[/ATTACH] The more intriguing coin in my opinion, my smoking gun if you will, is this coin minted in Macedonian after the Roman takeover through the end of the Republic: [ATTACH=full]1399159[/ATTACH] [B][U]Macedon under roman administration 130-30 BC.[/U][/B] Æ Obv Macedonian shield w/ 4 semi circles around omphalos. Rev: MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ surrounded by dotted circle14 mm., 2,91 g.very fine Ex: Savoca[/QUOTE]
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