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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 6233175, member: 96898&quot;]A very attractive denarius and an informative, humorous write-up!</p><p><br /></p><p>My own example is less outstanding but I still very much like it!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1246575[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Roman Republic, moneyer: L. Philippus, AR denarius, 113-112 BC, Rome mint. Obv: ROMA (heavily ligated); head of Philip V of Macedon r., wearing helmet decorated with goats&#039; horns and skin; below, Φ. Rev: L·PHILIPPVS; equestrian statue: horseman carries laurel- or palm-branch; below horse, flower (?); below, tablet with inscription and crossed X. 19mm, 3.86g. Ref: RRC 293/1. Ex Calgary Coin (2006); ex JB collection; ex AMCC 2, lot 98.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>This Philip V, a rather scarce type, was a cheap pick-bin find. It appears to have sound metal under all the encrustations and might make a nice project for someone with advanced cleaning skills – but unfortunately, that&#039;s not me, so I&#039;ll keep it as it is:</p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1246574[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Philip V, Kings of Macedonia, AE quarter unit, ca. 183–179 BC, unknown Macedonian mint. Obv: head of Perseus, helmeted, r. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ; harpa; monogram below; all within oak wreath. 17mm, 3.94g. Ref: Sng Alpha Bank 1126; Mamroth: Bronzemünzen 26.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Another Macedonian shield ona Republican denarius, celebrating the victory of Q. Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus, a relative of the moneyer, in Macedonia in 148 BC:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1246576[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Roman Republic, moneyer: M. Caecilius Metellus, AR denarius, 127 BC, Rome mint. Obv: ROMA; head of Roma, helmeted, r.; before, X. Rev: M·METELLVS·Q·F; Macedonian shield decorated with elephant&#039;s head. 18mm, 3.83g. RRC 263/1a. Ex Hommel collection.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>This coin also has an interesting provenance: it comes from the private collection of the well-known German Orientalist Fritz Hommel, which he later passed on to his son, the classicist Hildebrecht Hommel. According to Fritz Hommel&#039;s ticket, which came with the coin and is rather niftily fashioned from an old postal envelope, he acquired this coin from a certain Lennox in a swap on Dec. 4, 1911. I have no idea who Lennox was, though:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1246573[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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