A.I. meets A.T.G... and dude was my doppelganger!

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  1. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

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    Jk. Sort of.
    But seriously, an amazing job done here as they've really done a pretty spot on, if not a little idealized, job of putting together a "photograph" of everybody's favorite conqueror (bite your tongue @Alegandron) .
    I just wish the artist would have cited the places they utilized to come to this male model version. I know he was universally known as being a beautiful man. Still, I imagine him as the coins and busts portray, with a bit more of that cro-magnon man brow.
    But nevertheless, here is their final product, bask in the glow...:
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    https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/09/22/artist-uses-ai-to-recreate-face-of-alexander-the-great/?amp

    Here are a few of my coins;) clearly identifiable as being of ATG:
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    Lysimachus
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    Ptolemy I Soter
    305-282 BCE. Æ (15mm, 3.85 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Struck after 294 or 289/8 BC. Diademed head of Alexander the Great right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings displayed.

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    Ptolemy III Euergetes
    AE Obol. Alexandria Mint 246-222 BCE. Obverse: Deified head of Alexander the Great right, wearing elephant skin. Reverse: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head right, cornucopia over shoulder; E between legs. References: Svoronos 976; SNG Copenhagen 232. Size: 24mm, 10.36g. Numismatic Notes: Good VF grade and done in choice style!

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    KOINON OF MACEDON
    Æ25, 8.7g, 6h; 3rd century AD.
    Obv.: AΛEΞANΔPOY; Diademed bust of Alexander the Great right.
    Rev.: KOINON MAKEΔONΩN; Horseman galloping right.

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    MACEDON. Koinon
    Pseudo-autonomous. Time of Gordian III (238-244). Ae.Obv: ΑΛЄZΑΝΔΡΟV.
    Head of Alexander the Great right (as Hercules), wearing lion skin.Rev: KOINON MAKЄΔONΩN NЄΩ.
    Alexander on his horse, Bucephalus, galloping right.
    AMNG III 734.
    Very fine. 11.9 g.24 mm.
    Fomer SAVOCA coin

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    Macedon, Koinon of Macedon Æ26. Pseudo-autonomous issue, time of Gordian III, AD 238-244. AΛEΞANΔPOV, diademed head of Alexander III 'the Great' right, thunderbolt below / KOINON MAKEΔONΩN B NEΩKOPΩ, table with two prize urns. Cf. AMNG III, 691. 14.18g, 26mm, 5h.
    Very Fine. Ex: Savoca

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    MACEDON, Koinon of Macedon: Pseudo-autonomous issue, time of Gordian III (238-244). Beroea mint. 9.4gr, 25mm.
    Obv: AΛΕΧΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing crested Attic helmet with griffin on the bowl
    Rev: KOINON MAKEΔONΩN B NЄΩΚΟΡ, Warrior right on horseback right (presumed to be Alexander on Bucephalus); star below.
    Cf. AMNG III 770.
    Scarce. Alexander’s name clear.
    Ex: AMCC 2 consigned by tenbobbit



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    1990, 100 Greek Drachmes
    Alexander the Great
    Composition: Aluminum-Bronze
    Weight: 10.0000g
    Obverse: Radiant design within circle
    Reverse: Head right
    Edge Description: Segmented reeding

    Please post coins that depict Alexander the great:):)
     
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  3. arnoldoe

    arnoldoe Well-Known Member

    so he looked exactly like The Great one Wayne Gretzky?
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  4. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

    Can totally see it!
    But I was getting more of a Leif Garrett vibe:
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    Plus, minus one for not posting a coin!
     
  5. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Be careful! You don’t want me to bust out another CAN of WHOOP-AS PHILIP II !!!

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    Makedon Philip II AE 18 Apollo - Youth Horseback spear hd below 359-356 BCE 18mm 6.2g SNG ANS 850-1
     
  6. ominus1

    ominus1 Well-Known Member

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  7. Ancient Aussie

    Ancient Aussie Well-Known Member

    Some great Alexander's Ryro, my only one. AA-1.jpg
    Roman Provincial. MACEDON. Koinon of Macedonia. Pseudo-autonamous 222 AD to 249 AD
    . Æ (27mm, 11.19 g, 6h). Beroea mint.
    OBV: AΛEΞANΔPOC bust of Alexander the Great right, flowing hair.
    REV: KOINMA KE ΔONΩN.B.NE Two tetrastyle temple façades; in field between, column surmounted by statue.
    Unpublished in the standard references. VF, green surfaces, ragged edge, some smoothing and roughness.
     
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  8. Orange Julius

    Orange Julius Well-Known Member

    Ooooh! That's a great coin! I love these Koinon coins with Alexander. I have a few and have been keeping a lookout for them... but if they get noticed, they usually don't go cheaply.

    One of my favorites is not in good condition but rare and tells a good story... the taming of Bucephalus by Alexander.
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  9. Ancient Aussie

    Ancient Aussie Well-Known Member

    Thanks, I'm on the lookout for your coin type as well.
     
  10. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

    Stunning portrait and great detail on the reverse @Ancient Aussie!
    Here's my favorite Koinon portrait:
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  11. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    My Koinon coin with ATG:

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    Time of Severus Alexander, AD 231-235.
    Quasi-autonomous AE 25.1 mm, 11.60 g, 7 h.
    Koinon of Macedon.
    Obv: AΛЄΞANΔPOV, diademed head of Alexander the Great with flowing hair, right.
    Rev: KOINON MAKЄΔONΩN NЄΩ, Alexander, his cloak fluttering behind him and raising right arm, galloping his horse, right.
    Refs: AMNG III 388; cf. BMC Macedonia p.24, 120; cf. Lindgren II 1374.
     
  12. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

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  13. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    ROMAN REPUBLIC MACEDONIA PROvINCIAL

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    RR Macedon occupation Alexander - Club Coin chest Quaestor Chair wreath Aesillas Quaestor AR Tet Thessalonika Mint BC 90-70


    AFTER DEATH

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    Thrace -Lysimachos AR Tet 14.3g 28.7mm 305-281 BCE RARE Alexander head-Ammon horns - rev Lysimachos Athena
     
  14. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

    Let's ask Alexander if that coin could woop anything?
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    “Men of Macedon, what a fine hero the states of Greece have to lead their armies from Europe to Asia! he is not able to pass from one table to another without falling!”
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  15. Magnus Maximus

    Magnus Maximus Dulce et Decorum est....

    I am always amazed at the artistic beauty of coins from the Hellenistic age.
    Compare this bust of Seleucus I Nikator on a posthumous tetradrachm, to a statue of his.
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    Not my coin, but boy I wish it was!!
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