12-15-2009, 03:54 AM
Ruben wrote:
Quote:According to Liampi, the earliest issue in Illyria of coinage featuring the Macedonian shield dates to after 188 BC (from Lychnidus), so they all postdate the 3rd c. BC....I think Liampi must be wrong then! My source for those remarks was "Ancient Illyria: an archaeological exploration" by Sir Arthur Evans and Bejtullah D. Destani ( available on Google Books ) - there is a whole section on Illyrian numismatics.
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(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff