Ancient Greek Macedonia weapon coin

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  1. icerain

    icerain Mastir spellyr

    Its been awhile since I posted anything on CT. And while I'm still interested in ancients there are just so many things to buy and so little time (and money :D) Well anyway here it is, I guess from the title you can kind of guess what coin it is already.

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    Greek, Macedonia : Alexander III (Western Asia Minor Mint)
    323-310 B.C
    AE21 / 5.7 grams
    O: Herakles head in lion skin headdress
    R: Bow in bow case above, BASILEWS club sideways, racing torch below
    Reference : Price 2800
     
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  3. Ancientnoob

    Ancientnoob Money Changer

    A very strong bronze, very nice. Man you got good taste!
     
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  4. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    :thumb:
     
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  5. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

    Sweet coin
     
  6. Eng

    Eng Senior Eng

    Another beauty Ice Wow, very nice...:thumb:
     
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  7. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    Super-cool => gorgeous lookin' coin, icerain!! ... I bought a fairly similar coin a week or two ago, but yours is probably in better shape.

    I agree ... I'm in the same boat => I must start saving-up for my summer vacation trip back to my hometown (Victoria, BC) ... my purchases will slow down over the summer months

    => it is nice to see you back on-line, showing-off your cool new purchase!!

    Cheers
     
  8. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    Alexander III the Great AE19
    336 - 323 BC
    Diameter: 19 mm
    Weight: 5.99 grams
    Obverse: Head of Alexander as Herakles in Nemean lion scalp headdress to right
    Reverse: Alexander between club and bow with bow case and quiver, cluster of grapes and monogram above
    Other: Good Very Fine … A handsome coin, nicely centered with a pretty patina

    Alexander Club & Bow a.jpg Alexander Club & Bow b.jpg


    => one of us my have their coin upside-down? ... ummm, and it certainly could be me? (or perhaps they are slightly different coins, due to the fact that the dates are consecutive?)
     
  9. icerain

    icerain Mastir spellyr

    They are different coins, there are a few variations of this coin. Yours looks nice too.
     
  10. Dionysos

    Dionysos Well-Known Member

    Nice coins !

    Mine, struck under Philip III (should try to do better with my pics...) :hail:

    Miletos mint (323-319 BC).
    Obv.: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.
    Rev.: Bow in bow case and club; grain ear below. With the name and types of Alexander III ‘the Great’.
    Price 2102.

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  11. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    Schwwwiinnnggg!! => wow, nice lookin' coin, dawg (but mine is older!!) => "Lifetime"


    ;)
     
  12. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    ooops, my bad (sometimes I just can't help myself!!)

    => nice coins gang ... welcome back, icerain!!

    ... Batman, please feel free to take a swing at me ...


    :3three:
     
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  13. chrsmat71

    chrsmat71 I LIKE TURTLES!

    very nice you all....i got outbit on one of these tonight....:so-sad:


    on my "to get list" with 5,280 other coins.
     
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  14. Gubasas

    Gubasas New Member

    I got the BASILEWS one unfortunately very poor condition
     
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  15. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    welcome, Gubasas => you should post a photo of your coin (we love seeing all types and conditions of coins, my new coin-friend)
     
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  16. Jwt708

    Jwt708 Well-Known Member

    Here is mine...well similar anyways:

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    Alexander III (the Great), Macedonia, BC 336 - 323
    AE, 5.8g, 18mm; 9h; Sardes mint, Turkey
    Obv.: Head of Herakles right wearing lionskin
    Rev.: [Α]ΛΕΞΑΝ[ΔΡΟΥ] between bow and bow case above, clube below
    In Ex.: V on EE monogram
    Ref.: Price 2552; Mueller 841
     
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  17. Mikey Zee

    Mikey Zee Delenda Est Carthago

    Well, welcome (back?) to all those names/handles I am not familiar with...

    Terrific posts guys!!!

    My bronze is a modest lifetime issue (or so I'm told) with a terrific patina; AE-16, 5.50 grams, struck in Macedonia with the bow, quiver and club reverse---of course, the obverse (Alexander ?) as Herakles wearing lionskin.
    alexander obverse.JPG alexander reverse.JPG
     
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  18. paschka

    paschka Well-Known Member

    very nice coin
     
  19. chrsmat71

    chrsmat71 I LIKE TURTLES!

    whatever happened to icerain?

    well, it's still on my "to get" list going on 3 years later!
     
  20. Gubasas

    Gubasas New Member

    Thanks for the warm welcome I will get on it today.
     
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  21. Gubasas

    Gubasas New Member

    Here we go. As I said the condition is very to extremely poor :). She was a small surprise in my first ever uncleaned coin purchase.
     

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