Ryro's Top 10 Macedonian Shield Coins of 2020

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Rate your top 3!

  1. 1 Alexander III 'the Great' and his club n bow

    3 vote(s)
    10.7%

  2. 2 Three quarter Herakles Anonymous issues

    8 vote(s)
    28.6%

  3. 3 Antigonos I Monophthalmos Gorgon dreams and stranger things

    7 vote(s)
    25.0%

  4. 4 Silver Seleucus I on a rampage

    4 vote(s)
    14.3%

  5. 5 Antigonos II Gonatas/Antigonus III Doson grain ears

    1 vote(s)
    3.6%

  6. 6 Philip V whorl n club da club

    4 vote(s)
    14.3%

  7. 7 T. Quinctius Flamininus aaand those dastardly Roman's

    14 vote(s)
    50.0%

  8. 8 Pseudo-autonomous issue and a graceful Nike balancing on a globe

    5 vote(s)
    17.9%

  9. 9 Macedonia under Roman rule who let the tets out?

    14 vote(s)
    50.0%

  10. 10 The mean green Incredible Vespasian Koinon

    7 vote(s)
    25.0%
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  1. ominus1

    ominus1 Well-Known Member

    ...outstanding Ryro!.. outstanding.jpg
     
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  3. Cucumbor

    Cucumbor Well-Known Member

    My preference goes to the macedonian shield !

    :D

    Very original collecting focus, and some outastanding specimens. Bravo !

    Q
     
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  4. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

    I think they're all pretty amazing, but I particularly like the T. Quinctius Flamininus, the Vespasian, and, perhaps most of all, the brown one from Roman Macedonia with Artemis on the obverse.

    I own no coins at all with Macedonian shields -- yet. I've wanted one for a while, and am simply waiting for the right one to come along. I'll know it when I see it, I think!
     
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  5. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

    Makes ya wanna pinch the lil fellas cheeks... when you put it like that :happy:
    This is how fun these coins are and, as you well know, they were made in the time of and for him and the Diadochi (a word any hellenistic coin lover should be well used to:pompous:).
     
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    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

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  7. singig

    singig Well-Known Member

    Very interesting types ! , I voted for #2 #3 and #6.
     
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  8. Orielensis

    Orielensis Well-Known Member

    Nice Macedonian shields all around!

    My favorite is the excellent Republican T Quinctius Flamininus denarius. I was your underbidder on this coin in AMCC2. To sweeten my loss, I bought this Macedonian shield denarius while waiting for another nice Flaminius to turn up:

    Römische Republik – RRC 263:1a, Denar, M C Metellus, mak. Schild u. Elefant.png
    Roman Republic, moneyer: M. Caecilius Metellus, AR denarius, 127 BC, Rome mint. Obv: ROMA; head of Roma, helmeted, r.; before, X. Rev: M·METELLVS·Q·F; Macedonian shield decorated with elephant's head. 18mm, 3.83g. RRC 263/1a. Ex Hommel collection.
     
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  9. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

    I have no idea what you are talking about...
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    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    LOL, great song.

    And, hey the Monolith fits with another thread.
     
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