So basically since the beginning of the year, I've been kind of on a Greek buying binge . Picked up many different types, even threw in a couple of Roman provincial/Greek imperials into the mix. All part of my master plan to expand further into the Greek world . Two of them you guys might recognize as former coins of a well-known member here. My trip took me even to northern India, a place never touch on within my collection, to meet a couple of Indo-Greeks and an Indo-Scythian. Darios I to Xerxes II, Achaemenid Empire AR siglos Obv: Persian king/hero in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow Rev: Incuse punch Mint: Sardes Date: 485-420 BC Ref: Carradice Type IIIb Gela, Sicily AE onkia Obv: Head of river god left Rev: ΓEΛAΣ, bull butting left, pellet below Mint: Gela Date: 420-405 BC Ref: Jenkins 500 Histiaia, Euboea AR tetrobol Obv: Wreathed head of Histiaia right Rev: Nymph seated right on galley Mint: Histiaia Date: 369-146 BC (can't tell if its one of the earlier ones or the later Roman imitations) Ref: BCD 379 Philip III Arrhidaios, Macedon AE 1/2 unit Obv: Macedonian shield with Gorgoneion on central boss Rev: B-A, Helmet; bipennis to left, K to right Mint: Miletos (struck under Asandros) Date: 323-319 BC Ref: Price 2064 Philip III Arrhidaios, Macedon AE unit Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin Rev: AΛEXANΔΡOY, bow in bow case above, club and grain ear below Mint: Miletos (struck under Asandros) Date: 323-317 BC Ref: Price 2102 Hieron II, Kingdom of Syracuse Obv: Diademed head of Poseidon left Rev: IEΡΩ-NOΣ, trident head, with scrolls between prongs, flanked by dolphins Mint: Syracuse Date: 274-216 BC Ref: BMC 530 Menander I, Indo-Greek Kingdom AR drachm Obv: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ MENANΔPOY, helmeted, draped bust right Rev: "Maharajasa tratarasa / menamdrasa" in Kharoshthi, Athena Alkidemos standing left seen from behind, holding shield on left arm, hurling thunderbolt in right hand, PA monogram to right Mint: ? (Bactria) Date: 160-145 BC Ref: BMC 8 (seller's photo) Antiochus VII, Seleucid Kingdom AR tetradrachm Obv: Diademed head right within border Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EYEΡΓETOY, Athena standing left, holding Nike in right hand, spear, and shield decorated with face in left hand Mint: Antioch Date: 138-129 BC Ref: HGC 1067 Agathokleia and Strato I, Indo-Greek Kingdom AE square unit Obv: BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ / ΘEOTPOΠOY / AΓAΘOKΛEIAΣ, Helmeted bust of Athena (or Agathokleia) right Rev: "Maharajasa / tratarasa dhra / mikasa stratasa" in Kharoshthi, Herakles seated left on rock, holding club in right hand, monogram to left Mint: ? (Bactria) Date: 128-123 BC Ref: MIG 307 Azes, Indo-Scythian Kingdom AR drachm Obv: BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓAΛOY AZOY, king on horseback right, raising right hand Rev: Kharosthi legend, Zeus Nikephoros standing left, holding sceptre and Nike, symbols to left and right Mint: Taxila Date: 58-12 BC Ref: BMC 19
Perge, Pamphylia AE17 Obv: Cult statue of Artemis within distyle temple Rev: AΡTEMIΔOΣ / ΠEΡΓAIAΣ, bow and quiver Mint: Perge Date: 50-30 BC Ref: SNG France 373 Septimius Severus, Roman Empire AE27 Obv: Laureate bust right Rev: YΠ ΦAYCTINIANOY MAΡKIANOΠOΛITΩN, Apollo standing, head right, bow in left hand, right hand over head, with serpent-entwined tree stump before, and altar to left Mint: Nikopolis ad Istrum Date: 193-211 AD Ref: Varbanov 2785 (this one is a die match to the example on WW) Septimius Severus, Roman Empire AE27 Obv: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right Rev: YΠ ΦAYCTINIANOY MAΡKIANOΠOΛITΩN, Apollo standing, head right, bow in left hand, right hand over head, with serpent-entwined tree stump before, and altar to left Mint: Marcianopolis (stuck under Magistrate Faustinianus) Date: 193-211 AD Ref: Moushmov 369 Feel free to post any relevant coins you may have!
Wow! That's some binge!! What a great assortment. Favorites: Philip III AE Herkles/bow case and club-- well struck, well centered, well preserved. Much nicer than most of this general type of Macedonian AE. Septimius Severus-- I'm a sucker for these large provincial bronzes. I think you need to double-check the ID of the larger one. That reverse figure's garment has a peplum and I see wings. The mint city and reverse legend don't match. (Maybe it's a copy & paste error?) Menander I and Antiochus VII-- great portraits They're all wonderful in some way-- the Heiron II portrait, the graceful Euboean, the detailed gorgon on that Macedonian shield, the nice patina on the Gela...
Great assortment ValiantKnight, some real eye candy among this diverse lot, especially like your Antiochus VII. Don't have to many Greek coins myself but have one of these Perge types.
Yup, copy and paste. Copied the Marcianopolis and meant to replace with the correct info but somehow forgot. Also realized I forgot the obverse legends for them. Thanks for the heads up TIF! And thanks everyone for the kind words!
Nice job @ValiantKnight ! Here is one of mine from the heart of Greece... ARGOLIS Argos 490-470 BC AR Triobol 14mm 2.9g Forepart of wolf lying - A 2 incuse sqs pellet crossbar within shallow sq incuse BCD Peloponnesos 1009 RARE
