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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2448070, member: 56859&quot;]Five bucks for rampant confronted goats?&nbsp; I&#039;ll take four <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Amphipolis under Roman rule appears to be correct.&nbsp; Here&#039;s one from CNG&#039;s archives, perhaps from a different magistrate?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=186376" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=186376" rel="nofollow">http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=186376</a></p><p><img src="http://www.cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/2550020.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MACEDON, Amphipolis. </b>Circa 187-168/7 BC. Æ (19mm, 8.71 g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Two rampant goats. Touratsoglou, <i>Macedonia</i> 2; SNG ANS 118</p><p><br /></p><p>There are a couple of similar coins in acsearch, one with obverse of Artemis and the other with obverse of Apollo, according to the listings... but they (the Artemis and the Apollo) look the same to me, whichever deity it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s also one <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/aegean_numismatics/1/product/roman_amphipolis_macedonia_18734_bc_ae_22/6427/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/aegean_numismatics/1/product/roman_amphipolis_macedonia_18734_bc_ae_22/6427/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">currently on Vcoins</a>, with the &quot;Artemis&quot; obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bing, I don&#039;t think yours is Artemis or Apollo.&nbsp; That portrait is very Zeusy. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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