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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ignoramus Maximus, post: 8106875, member: 104741&quot;]Yes. Always wear protection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are two for the collection, although not Macedonian. Whoever the warrior on the reverse may have been, the helmet suggests he meant business.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1410319[/ATTACH]</p><p>FWIW: the pic doesn&#039;t do the coin justice. In hand it&#039;s brilliant with lovely deep toning.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ares had all the advantages in combat: immortality of the Gods, a griffin for protection and a Corinthian helmet, just in case. Feels like overkill...[ATTACH=full]1410320[/ATTACH]Bruttium, the Brettii. ca. 215-203 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>(and is it just me, or does Ares look like Lemmy from Motorhead?)</p><p>[ATTACH]1410321[/ATTACH]</p><p>Fortunately not enough to ruin the coin for me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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