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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3684786, member: 99456"][USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER], great club & shields theme! Your (almost) favorite Macedonian shield coin and the Alexander III in the OP are particularly nice. As entrance fees to "da club", here's an RR/imperatorial - Sicinius having fled with Pompey to the East after Caesar crossed the Rubicon in January of BC 49, struck money in exile (Asia minor?). The "S.C." an attempt to claim legitimacy.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]988391[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3"><b>Q. Sicinius moneyer </b>and <b>C. Coponius praetor</b>, 49 BC, AR denarius</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Obv:</b> Q. SICINIVS, diademed head right of Apollo III VIR </font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Rev:</b> C. COPONIVS - PR. S. C., Club upright, on which hangs lion's skin with head in profile; arrow left; bow to right</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Ref: </b>Sear 413; Sicinia 1; Cr. 444/1a</font></p><p><br /></p><p>and a favorite shield & club coin</p><p><font size="3"><b>[ATTACH=full]988429[/ATTACH] Macedon</b>, under Roman Rule, circa 167-70 BC, AR Tetradrachm</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Obv:</b> Diademed bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder, in the center of an ornate Macedonian shield </font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Rev:</b> Club; monogram above, two monograms below, all within oak wreath; thunderbolt to left</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Ref:</b> AMNG III 177; SNG Copenhagen 1315; SNG Ashmolean 3299.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3684786, member: 99456"][USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER], great club & shields theme! Your (almost) favorite Macedonian shield coin and the Alexander III in the OP are particularly nice. As entrance fees to "da club", here's an RR/imperatorial - Sicinius having fled with Pompey to the East after Caesar crossed the Rubicon in January of BC 49, struck money in exile (Asia minor?). The "S.C." an attempt to claim legitimacy. [ATTACH=full]988391[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3][B]Q. Sicinius moneyer [/B]and [B]C. Coponius praetor[/B], 49 BC, AR denarius [B]Obv:[/B] Q. SICINIVS, diademed head right of Apollo III VIR [B]Rev:[/B] C. COPONIVS - PR. S. C., Club upright, on which hangs lion's skin with head in profile; arrow left; bow to right [B]Ref: [/B]Sear 413; Sicinia 1; Cr. 444/1a[/SIZE] and a favorite shield & club coin [SIZE=3][B][ATTACH=full]988429[/ATTACH] Macedon[/B], under Roman Rule, circa 167-70 BC, AR Tetradrachm [B]Obv:[/B] Diademed bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder, in the center of an ornate Macedonian shield [B]Rev:[/B] Club; monogram above, two monograms below, all within oak wreath; thunderbolt to left [B]Ref:[/B] AMNG III 177; SNG Copenhagen 1315; SNG Ashmolean 3299.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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