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    Macedonian shield coins!!! Pile em on!

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    LOL, I still remember thumping this down on a @ryro post where he was saying how Great Makedon was (yeah, I have his exact sentiments), but it was FUN to show how ROME rolled over them...

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    RR T Quinctius Flamininus 126 BC AR Den Roma Diosc gallpng T-Q Macedon Shield S 143 Cr 267-1

    I beleive he HAD to get one after that!  😄 😄 😄

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    Frogs, Amphibians, and Aquatic Critters!

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    Posted · Edited by Alegandron

    How about some unusual Amphibians and Aquatic Critters!

    FROG

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    Luceria AES Grave Anonymous 217-215 BCE Uncia 7.35g Frog-Corn Ear pellet retrograde L T-V 285

     

    OCTOPUS

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    SYRACUSE 2nd Democr 466-405 BCE Æ Tetras 2.7g 15mm c.425 BCE Arethusa dolphins - Octopus 3 pellets SNG ANS 376 Calciati II.21.1

     

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    Post it and pick it!

    in General

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    FIRST DENARIUS of Rome is:

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    Anonymous, circa 310-300 BCE Heavy Denarius / Didrachm
    Tarrifed at 10 Asses
    (Silver, 20mm, 7.28 g 11),
    uncertain mint (Neapolis?).
    Helmeted head of Mars to left; oak spray to right.
    Rev. Horse’s head right, wearing bridle, on base inscribed ROMANO; to left, stalk of grain.
    Crawford 13/1. HN III 266. Sydenham 1.
    Minor reverse corrosion, otherwise, about very fine.
    From a Swiss collection, formed in the 1990s.

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    RR Anon AR Heavy Denarius - Didrachm 275-270 BCE ROMANO Apollo-Galloping Horse Sear23
    10 Asses = Denarius

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    Anonymous AR Heavy Denarius / Didrachm. Rome, circa 265-242 BC. Head of Roma right, wearing Phrygian helmet, cornucopiae behind / ROMANO, Victory standing right, attaching wreath to long palm, YY in right field. Crawford 22/1; RSC 7. 6.55g, 18mm, 6h. Very Fine. From the Eucharius Collection
    Tarrifed at 10 Asses = Denarius

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    RR Anon Ca 240 BCE AR Heavy Quinarius Drachm 16mm 3.0g Rome Helmet Hd Mars r - Horse’s hd sickle Cr 25-2 Syd 25 RSC 34a Rare
    5 Asses = Quinarius

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    Anonymous AR Heavy Denarius / Didrachm. Rome, 234-231 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Horse prancing left, ROMA above. Crawford 26/1; RSC 37. 6.63g, 20mm, 12h. Very Fine.
    Tarrifed at 10 Asses = Denarius

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    RR Anon AR Heavy Denarius Quadrigatus Didrachm 225-215 BCE Craw 28-3 Sear 31
    10 Asses = Denarius

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    RR Anon AR Heavy Quinarius Drachm Half Quadrigatus 225-212 BCE 3.1g 18mm Janus Jupiter in Quadriga L Victory ROMA Craw 28-4 Sear 35 SCARCE
    5 Asses = Quinarius

    next: More Pre-211 BCE Roman Republic

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    Post Your Hammered World Coins

    in World Coins

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    12 hours ago, Furryfrog02 said:

    I've only got a couple hammered coins. 

    This is my first ever hammered that I unknowingly bought from @Ryro

    Henry III, Shortcross Half Penny, Moneyer Rauf, London

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    Another of my favorites is this little pfennig from Ingolstadt, Bavaria 

    Rudolph I & Ludwig IV, 1294-1317, Bavaria - Ingolstadt, 1 Pfennig

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    PS - That is NOT a donkey....it's a panther....oh how far the die engravers had fallen from the height of the Greek and Roman ages to the middle ages...

     

     

    I dunno... it looks like Shrek's DONKEY to me!  😄 😄 😄 

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