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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2847712, member: 57495&quot;]Eh, don&#039;t be shy about piling on more coins that you may have in this price bracket, folks.&nbsp; This thread and all the others in this series will be indexed in a separate thread when we&#039;re done and all the coins you show here will serve to benefit our current and future members.&nbsp; Here are two more of mine... </p><p><br /></p><p>In the grotty condition it was in, I would have given this Germanicus as a miss, except that this denomination is a more unusual example of an obverse brockage, as heavier coins such as these were less likely to get stuck in the dies when they were being struck.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]675224[/ATTACH]<b>GERMANICUS</b></p><p>AE As, obverse brockage. 11.46g, 29.3mm. Rome mint, AD 50-54. cf. RIC Claudius 106 for obv type. O: GERMANICVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N, bare head right. R: Brockage of obverse.</p><p><i>Ex E.E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>This bronze from Macedonia&#039;s time as a Roman protectorate was a must-have not just because of its <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-mask-of-silenus.294243/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-mask-of-silenus.294243/">historical interest</a>, but also because of its sinister [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER]-as-Silenus obverse <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]675225[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MACEDON, as Roman Protectorate</b></p><p>AE. 8.61g, 21.1mm. Thessalonica mint (?), Transitional bronze issue, circa 167-165 BC. SNG Copenhagen 1324-6; BMC 55; HGC 3.1, 1117. O: Facing head of Silenos, wearing ivy wreath. R: MAKE / ΔONΩN, legend in two lines; D above; all within ivy wreath.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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