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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 6231897, member: 83845"]Wonderful coin [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] ! Not only is it among the nicest of this type that I’ve seen but it also has wonderful toning. I must say that I had to do a bit of a double take when I saw your photo at first because the phi monogram below the chin on the obverse looks decidedly like... well, something else. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don’t have a Philip V or Perseus to add so I’ll add a cool helmet with an appropriate sized horn (you may recognize <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) and my example of a Republican with a cool Roma monogram and an equestrian statue. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1246495[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1246494[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If Alexander had come up against Rome in the 330s BC, I don’t see how Rome could have avoided getting steamrolled. However, in a battle between eras the veteran army of Scipio Africanus that defeated Hannibal, vs the Macedonian army, built by Philip, under Alexander would have been quite the throw-down![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 6231897, member: 83845"]Wonderful coin [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] ! Not only is it among the nicest of this type that I’ve seen but it also has wonderful toning. I must say that I had to do a bit of a double take when I saw your photo at first because the phi monogram below the chin on the obverse looks decidedly like... well, something else. :eek: I don’t have a Philip V or Perseus to add so I’ll add a cool helmet with an appropriate sized horn (you may recognize ;)) and my example of a Republican with a cool Roma monogram and an equestrian statue. [ATTACH=full]1246495[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1246494[/ATTACH] If Alexander had come up against Rome in the 330s BC, I don’t see how Rome could have avoided getting steamrolled. However, in a battle between eras the veteran army of Scipio Africanus that defeated Hannibal, vs the Macedonian army, built by Philip, under Alexander would have been quite the throw-down![/QUOTE]
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