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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 5168396, member: 91461&quot;]Ok,ok. You already noticed I posted two coins that were purchased in November of last year<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Give a guy a break. I was two thirds done making my list last year when I fell asleep and when I awoke all my work was gone. Soooooo, I abandoned it and never shared a list last year.</p><p>To make up for it, you get two, maybe, this year.</p><p>I&#039;ll give you all the best of the beast that I am and share my top ten Maco Shield Coins<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I may share my next top ten in order of favorites, but you wouldn&#039;t ask a papa to rank his children would you!?!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>And MSCs are just that to me. So, you&#039;ll see they are ranked oldest that we can tell to new(ish)est<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A no brainer really. Strong strike, even if a bit off, fun patina and of course there fact that it has the club and bowcase clearly connects it to the also really available Macedonian Herakles obverse coins with the same iconography on their reverse:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1210701[/ATTACH]</p><p>Alexander III &#039;the Great&#039;</p><p>336-323 BC Ae. Uncertain mint in Asia Minor.Obv: Macedonian shield w/ omphalos boss.Rev: K. Bow in bow-case, club and grain ear.Price -; Liampi M 11; AMNG I 207-8 (Kallatis).</p><p>Diameter: 15mm</p><p>Weight: 2.16gr</p><p>Condition: Very Fine</p><p>Provenance: From a Private UK Collection. Ex: Ares numismatics</p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah, that is a three quarters looking at you Herakles. It is VERY hard to get this type and be able to tell what is on thre shield boss (center of shield) if you haven&#039;t seen it before:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1210702[/ATTACH]</p><p>Macedonian Kingdom. Anonymous issues.</p><p>Ca. 323-310 B.C. AE half unit (17 mm, 3.93 g, 1 h). Uncertain mint in Western Asia Minor. Head of Herakles facing 3/4 right, wearing lion&#039;s skin headdress, forming central boss of Macedonian shield ornamented with five double crescents / Crested Macedonian helmet with cheek guards; caduceus to left, monogram to right. Price 2803 var (monogram and symbol arrangement); SNG Alpha Bank 849 var (quarter unit, no monogram); cf. Liampi 139-156. VF. Rare Variety.</p><p>Former Savoca</p><p><br /></p><p>Near perfect Gorgon, black as the night on a moonless night with just a few speckles of earth. I blush thinking how cheap this went<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mystery-history-and-macedonian-shieldistry-my-three-latest-deliveries.366022/#post-4835413" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mystery-history-and-macedonian-shieldistry-my-three-latest-deliveries.366022/#post-4835413">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mystery-history-and-macedonian-shieldistry-my-three-latest-deliveries.366022/#post-4835413</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1210703[/ATTACH]</p><p>Antigonos I Monophthalmos</p><p>As king, 306/5-301 BC. Æ Unit (16mm, 4.56 g, 12h). Salamis mint. Struck under Demetrios I Poliorketes. Macedonian shield, boss decorated with facing gorgoneion / Macedonian helmet; kerykeion and monogram to lower left and right. Price 3159 (c. 323-315 BC)</p><p><br /></p><p>Yeppers, a real rarity of the highest importance on a tiny little piece of silver and a raging elephant on the reverse ta boot <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-new-itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie-unpublished-unknown-elephant-coin-u-bet-ur-venus-reverse-its-a-msc.348938/#post-3791504" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-new-itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie-unpublished-unknown-elephant-coin-u-bet-ur-venus-reverse-its-a-msc.348938/#post-3791504">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-new-itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie-unpublished-unknown-elephant-coin-u-bet-ur-venus-reverse-its-a-msc.348938/#post-3791504</a></p><p>:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1210704[/ATTACH]</p><p>Seleucus I</p><p>AR Hemiobol, Antioch on the Orotnes 300-281 BCE 0.49 gr 8MM</p><p>OBV: Omphalos on Macedonian Shield.</p><p>Rev: BA έE, elephant head right. Dotted border. Left field N</p><p>Ref: SC 14</p><p>Ex: Ares</p><p><br /></p><p>I purchased one of these in Feb (better known now as, The Before Times) and thought it possibly singular. 10 months later and I thankfully found another with a much easier to read Antigonus monogram and a dazzling green and red patina. Note the ears on the helmet; grain ears. You will only find those on Antigonus IIs magnificent Satyr tets and on these little half units:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1210710[/ATTACH]</p><p>Antigonos II Gonatas/Antigonus III Doson</p><p>Æ (13mm, 1.8 g,1/2 unit). Uncertain Macedonian mint. Macedonian shield with monogram of Antigonos in central boss / Macedonian helmet sans bushel flanked by grain ears ; kerykeion to left, green patina.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whorl with BEEFY club and an inexplicably missing I on the reverse. A mystery and a beauty. </p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/where-did-herakles-take-fiddyus-centus-when-he-came-to-greece-da-club-of-course.345632/#post-3674855" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/where-did-herakles-take-fiddyus-centus-when-he-came-to-greece-da-club-of-course.345632/#post-3674855">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/where-did-herakles-take-fiddyus-centus-when-he-came-to-greece-da-club-of-course.345632/#post-3674855</a></p><p>Lucky me <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1210708[/ATTACH]</p><p>Philip V, 221-179 BC. Hemiobol (Bronze, 17 mm, 5.01 g, 12 h), circa 186-183/2 BC. Macedonian shield with whorl/six crescents in boss. Rev. BA ΦI (I curiously missing) around club. Mamroth, Bronzemünzen 16. SNG Kikpe 450. SNG München 1169-71. Well centered, pleasant green patina. Very fine. Ex: Savoca</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my second from [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] AMCC 2 and one of my most beautiful RRs. As well,&nbsp; it couldn&#039;t have a more beautiful shield (that those creep Roman&#039;s are trampling over):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1210705[/ATTACH] T. Quinctius Flamininus, 126 BCE, AR denarius. Rome, 3.91g, 18mm.</p><p>Obv: Helmeted bust of Roma right; flamen&#039;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>The key feature of the type – the Macedonian shield on the reverse – is very clear on this example.</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>Ex: AMCC 2 consigned by Caesar_Augustus</p><p><br /></p><p>They say pictures don&#039;t do them justice all the time. This coin is the reason they started saying that... man, I would love to know who this was minted under:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1210706[/ATTACH]</p><p>Pseudo-autonomous issue, 1st century AD. (Bronze, 17 mm, 4.97 g), Beroia. Macedonian shield. Rev. MΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ Nike standing to left on globe, holding wreath with the extended right hand and palm branch with the left. SNG Cop. 1331. SNG ANS.-. RPC -. Unusual and rare; a very interesting exampleA very interesting and scarce emission of the Macedonian Koinon</p><p>MACEDON. Koinon of Macedon. Ex: Munzzentrum</p><p><br /></p><p>Stepping up in the world I purchased this, my fourth tet, and couldn&#039;t be more proud. Now into the Antigonus Satyr and then the Perseus tets<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1210707[/ATTACH]</p><p>Macedonia under Roman rule</p><p>AR tetradrachm- 16,21 gram,31 mm, struck after 168AD at Amphipolis</p><p>obv: diademed head of Artemis Tauropolos facing right with quiver over shoulder in the center of a Macedonian shield, shield decorated with seven eight-pointed stars within double crescents</p><p>rev: Club of Herakles within oak wreath, monograms and legend around, thunderbolt at left</p><p>AMNG III, 159, SNG Cop 1314, BMC 2</p><p>Ex NB-Numismatics</p><p><br /></p><p>You wouldn&#039;t like Vespasian when he&#039;s angry!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie79" alt=":rage:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Jk... sort of. Just finished looking at [USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER] amazing Flavian top 10 that gave me the inspiration to do a &quot;specialist&quot; top ten of my own... though, I think his lovely 10 may have cost a buck er two more than mine:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1210711[/ATTACH]</p><p>Vespasian</p><p>MAKEDON. Koinon . ( 69 - 79 AD). Ae. Obv: Laureate head left . ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ [ΩΡ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ] ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ. Rev: ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ. Makedonian Shield. RPC 333. SNG COP. 1336. Rare. Condition: Extremely Fine. Weight: 8.82 g. Diameter: 23 mm. Purchased from: Papillon</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, that&#039;s it. Thanks for taking a look and making life a bit more fun by participating in the ranking <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Happy Saturnalia to you and your loved ones<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie60" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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