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2 suggestions:

anti-mounted shielded helenic unit
cost 3
hp 14
attack 7
range 1
armour 1/3
speed 3
sight 4
same bonuses as armoured spearman

hybrid of skirmisher and spearman
cost 3
hp 11
attack 5
range 1
armour 0/2
speed 3
sight 5
+50% vs archers
+150% vs mounted
+250% vs [heavy cavalry][slow]
+320% vs medium cavalry, [chariot][melee]
400% vs [heavy cavalry], except [slow]
+600% vs elephant

ability: javelin
power 5
range 3
cd 2 turns
+20% vs mounted, archers
+60% vs [mounted][archers], foot melee
+200% vs elephant archers

reasons for the second suggestion:
because of this passage:
"Plutarch describes Achaean citizens equipped with the thureos as skirmishing at a distance like peltasts but also as having spears for hand-to-hand combat. Despite their spears, we are told that the thyreophoroi were not reliable in hand-to-hand fighting owing to their nature as light troops."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyreophoroi