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<p>[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 3271409, member: 82322"]Actually here is another coin of Epiros, I think, and I need some help with it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]862892[/ATTACH]</p><p>Epirus, The Molossi, circa 360-330/25 BC, AE17, 2.39g</p><p>Shield with thunderbolt boss / thunderbolt in wreath</p><p>Sear <i>GCV</i> 1979</p><p><br /></p><p>This thing is clearly a coin of The Molossi. I bought it because it had a Greek-style lightening bold on both sides. The thing about it is the weight. It is half the weight of every other specimen I checked. What do you think?</p><p><br /></p><p>For those who haven't heard of The Molossi... There is a reason. As Wikipedia says: "The Molossians were part of the League of Epirus until they sided against Rome in the Third Macedonian War (171–168 BC). The result was disastrous, and the vengeful Romans enslaved 150,000 of its inhabitants and annexed the region into the Roman Republic."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 3271409, member: 82322"]Actually here is another coin of Epiros, I think, and I need some help with it. [ATTACH=full]862892[/ATTACH] Epirus, The Molossi, circa 360-330/25 BC, AE17, 2.39g Shield with thunderbolt boss / thunderbolt in wreath Sear [I]GCV[/I] 1979 This thing is clearly a coin of The Molossi. I bought it because it had a Greek-style lightening bold on both sides. The thing about it is the weight. It is half the weight of every other specimen I checked. What do you think? For those who haven't heard of The Molossi... There is a reason. As Wikipedia says: "The Molossians were part of the League of Epirus until they sided against Rome in the Third Macedonian War (171–168 BC). The result was disastrous, and the vengeful Romans enslaved 150,000 of its inhabitants and annexed the region into the Roman Republic."[/QUOTE]
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