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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2133765, member: 57495&quot;]It&#039;s just plain nice when you get back from a trip abroad and the welcome home party includes some new coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Even more for me when one of them is a type that I&#039;ve been hankering after for 2 years now.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>These First Meris tetradrachms are fairly plentiful on the market, but it&#039;s taken me that long to find the right marriage of price, condition and portrait style.&nbsp; The areas of flat striking and a few die flaws on the obverse probably allowed me to pick it up for what I believe is a &quot;nice price&quot; (just under $215 including fees and shipping).&nbsp; Nonetheless, it really is the large, weighty, beautifully-designed and executed piece of silver I imagined it to be.&nbsp; I&#039;m glad to finally have one join my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve admired the examples that some of you own and have posted before, but would be happy to see them again in this thread.&nbsp; Post away!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]406669[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>MACEDONIA </b>(as Roman Protectorate)</p><p>First Meris</p><p>AR Tetradrachm</p><p>16.83g, 32.1mm</p><p>Amphipolis mint, circa 167 - 149 BC.</p><p>SNG Cop 1310-1; Prokopov O 52, R 171 (?).&nbsp; </p><p>O: Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder, in the center of a Macedonian shield.&nbsp; </p><p>R: Club; AP monogram and MAKEΔONΩN above, ΠPΩTHΣ below; all within oak wreath, thunderbolt to left.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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