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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 6231213, member: 26430"]Great denarii. I had never really paid attention to that ROMA monogram behind the helmet but I love that (and always love equestrian statue reverses).</p><p><br /></p><p>No Philip V, but how about his son Perseus' Third Macedonian War (v. Rome) Drachm, c. 170 BC? (I had trouble photographing this one, given the high relief, <a href="https://i.imgur.com/uB4WOyv.mp4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://i.imgur.com/uB4WOyv.mp4" rel="nofollow">video is here on imgur</a> or <a href="https://auctions.cngcoins.com/lots/view/4-1IDD4R/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://auctions.cngcoins.com/lots/view/4-1IDD4R/" rel="nofollow">CNG's auction photo</a>)</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><font size="4"><b>Kings of Macedon. <i>temp.</i> Perseus</b> (179-168 BC), in the name of Stasion (Rhodos magistrate), AR Drachm (2.65g, 16mm, 1h). Pseudo-Rhodian type. Third Macedonian War issue, struck in Samothrace or Euboia (?), ca. 171–168 BC.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obverse:</b> Head of Helios three-quarter facing right, with chubby face and thick locks.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Reverse:</b> ΣTAΣIΩN. Rose; P-O flanking stalk; bud to right; to left, downward facing club crossed over bow.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>References: </b></font><a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/43859724" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/43859724" rel="nofollow"><font size="4">Ashton (<i>ΣΤΑΣΙΩΝ</i>, 2013)</font></a><font size="4"> Group 1, 59b (A21/P36 – </font><i><font size="4">this coin</font></i><font size="4">); Ashton (Rhodes, 2001) 297; SNG Cop 786-787. See also: HGC 6, 1453.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Pedigree:</b> Ex-Gerard Hirsch Nachf. 244, #1528 (Munich, 15 Feb 2006), cited in </font><a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/43859724" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/43859724" rel="nofollow"><font size="4">Ashton (2013: p. 37, 59b)</font></a><font size="4">; Ex-CNG e-Auction 483, #126 (Lancaster, PA USA, 6 Jan 2021), from the Crescent Collection.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1246471[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 6231213, member: 26430"]Great denarii. I had never really paid attention to that ROMA monogram behind the helmet but I love that (and always love equestrian statue reverses). No Philip V, but how about his son Perseus' Third Macedonian War (v. Rome) Drachm, c. 170 BC? (I had trouble photographing this one, given the high relief, [URL='https://i.imgur.com/uB4WOyv.mp4']video is here on imgur[/URL] or [URL='https://auctions.cngcoins.com/lots/view/4-1IDD4R/']CNG's auction photo[/URL]) [INDENT][SIZE=4][B]Kings of Macedon. [I]temp.[/I] Perseus[/B] (179-168 BC), in the name of Stasion (Rhodos magistrate), AR Drachm (2.65g, 16mm, 1h). Pseudo-Rhodian type. Third Macedonian War issue, struck in Samothrace or Euboia (?), ca. 171–168 BC. [B]Obverse:[/B] Head of Helios three-quarter facing right, with chubby face and thick locks. [B]Reverse:[/B] ΣTAΣIΩN. Rose; P-O flanking stalk; bud to right; to left, downward facing club crossed over bow. [B]References: [/B][/SIZE][URL='https://www.jstor.org/stable/43859724'][SIZE=4]Ashton ([I]ΣΤΑΣΙΩΝ[/I], 2013)[/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=4] Group 1, 59b (A21/P36 – [/SIZE][I][SIZE=4]this coin[/SIZE][/I][SIZE=4]); Ashton (Rhodes, 2001) 297; SNG Cop 786-787. See also: HGC 6, 1453. [B]Pedigree:[/B] Ex-Gerard Hirsch Nachf. 244, #1528 (Munich, 15 Feb 2006), cited in [/SIZE][URL='https://www.jstor.org/stable/43859724'][SIZE=4]Ashton (2013: p. 37, 59b)[/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=4]; Ex-CNG e-Auction 483, #126 (Lancaster, PA USA, 6 Jan 2021), from the Crescent Collection.[/SIZE][/INDENT] [ATTACH=full]1246471[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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