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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 7622239, member: 75937&quot;]Thank you for the kind words, [USER=79017]@Andres2[/USER]. Those semi-autonomous issues of the Macedonian koinon are attractive, yours especially. I think it&#039;s interesting how yours was issued for a particular games/festival. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the only koinon of Macedonia I have in my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/macedon-koinon-pseudo-autonomous-jpg.929518/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Time of Severus Alexander, AD 231-235.</p><p>Quasi-autonomous AE 25.1 mm, 11.60 g, 7 h.</p><p>Koinon of Macedon.</p><p>Obv: AΛЄΞANΔPOV, diademed head of Alexander the Great with flowing hair, right.</p><p>Rev: KOINON MAKЄΔONΩN NЄΩ, Alexander, his cloak fluttering behind him and raising right arm, galloping his horse, right.</p><p>Refs: AMNG III 388; cf. BMC Macedonia p.24, 120; cf. Lindgren II 1374.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for the kind words, [USER=75641]@nicholasz219[/USER]. Yes, the administration of the provinces varied not only from province to province, but over time. A set of maps would be VERY helpful, indeed. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Man, oh man, oh man! You know what I like, [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER]! Hendrix, Sabina, and Faustina II!!! And what a cool subcollection of Koinon of Macedon coins in the group photos! It shows the usage of a certain reverse type across several imperial reigns.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s a very interesting coin of the Thracian Koinon, [USER=99412]@PeteB[/USER]! You might be interested in <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/an-issue-for-the-pythian-games.360448/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/an-issue-for-the-pythian-games.360448/">this write-up</a> I posted on a coin of the Pythian games. I note a passage in Lucian&#039;s <i>Anacharsis</i> which notes that among the prizes awarded to winners of the contests in the Pythian games were apples from the sacred grove of Apollo. I believe the so-called &quot;balloting balls&quot; on your coin are actually supposed to represent the apples awarded as a prize at the games. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What a cool coin, [USER=80147]@Ancient Aussie[/USER], with its side-by-side temples![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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