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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 5130385, member: 99456&quot;]A beautiful coin [USER=97383]@Al Kowsky[/USER] - as I add &quot;stephanophoric&quot; to my ancient coin vocabulary - is this coin also stephanophoric?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1203583[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Macedon under Roman rule</b> (Roman protectorate), Republican period, First Meris,&nbsp; Circa 167-149 BC, AR Tetradrachm, Amphipolis mint</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder, in the center of a Macedonian shield</p><p><b>Rev: </b>Club; monogram and MAKEΔONΩN above, ΠPΩTHΣ and two monograms below; all within oak wreath, thunderbolt to left</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Prokopov, Silver 213–29 ; SNG Copenhagen 13.</p><p><b>Note:</b> After the defeat of Perseus at the battle of Pydna in 168 BC, the Romans divided Macedon into four separate autonomous administrative regions (meride). The first meris lay east of the Strymon with its capital at Amphipolis.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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