"Successors - Shield Designs" Topic
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DukeWacoan   | 03 Apr 2016 11:04 a.m. PST |
I have the Successor banner and shield decals from LBM. And I have the WRG Book on Greek Warfare. Best I can determine the Anchor is exclusive to Seleucid, and the Eagle exclusive Ptolemaic. Any other thoughts on what should be exclusive to either. What about the "M" design shield? What is that from? |
| GurKhan | 03 Apr 2016 12:27 p.m. PST |
That's not an M, it's Pyrrhos' monogram. It's on one of the shields in AMPW, if that's the WRG book you've got. |
| HarryHotspurEsq | 03 Apr 2016 1:14 p.m. PST |
The Pyrrhos monogram is based on a coin issue produced in Macedonia by him which shows a Macedonian shield with that in the centre. The anchor was originally Seleukid exclusively but by the first century BC was also used as a state symbol by others such as Hasmonaeans and Tarkondimotidai. Eagle was an avatar of Zeus/Ba'al so could be universal although eagle standing on thunderbolt was monopolised by Ptolemies on their coins. |
| DukeWacoan | 03 Apr 2016 8:41 p.m. PST |
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