Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 4207873, member: 91461&quot;]Wonderful coin! I’ve never seen the type either.</p><p>I’ve always wondered what actually ailed the special half brother of ATG? The theories range from Downes all the way to, the laughably propagandist and hyperbolic, him being poisoned by Alexander’s mother Olympias to ensure her sons ascension to the throne.</p><p>Would love to have seen a coin with his portrait. Instead here’s some fun ones:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1078762[/ATTACH] </p><p>Philip III Arrhidaeus Uncertain mint in Western Asia Minor. (323-317 BCE)/ Or Antigonus Gonatas (288-277 BCE)</p><p>Bronze Æ Half-bronze unit, (PB, 16) No. v19-0059&nbsp; </p><p>16mm, 12 hours. 4.11g. No. 110 in the reference books: Cop.- - MP.2803 pl. 110</p><p>Obverse, Three-quarter-front head (Herakles?) to the right placed in the center of a Macedonian shield.</p><p>Reverse, Macedonian helmet; in the field on the right, a caduceus; monogram in the left field.</p><p>Caption setback: B-A Ex: Savoca</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1078760[/ATTACH] </p><p>Philip III – Antigonos I Monophthalmos</p><p>KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Circa 323-310 BC. Æ Half Unit (16mm, 3.65 g, 12h). Uncertain mint in western Asia Minor. Macedonian shield; on boss, head of Herakles, wearing lion skin, facing slightly left / Macedonian helmet; below, grain ear left. Price 2805 var. (grain ear right).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1078764[/ATTACH]</p><p>Philip III Arrhidaios</p><p>323-317 BC. Æ Quarter Unit (10mm, 1.26 g, 6h). Miletos(?) mint. Struck under Asandros, circa 323-319 BC. Macedonian shield; boss with labrys / Macedonian helmet; K to lower left. Price 2067 corr. var. (denomination; K to lower right)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1078763[/ATTACH] Philip III Arrhidaios</p><p>(323-317 BC). Æ Half Unit (14mm, 4.30g, 12h). Sardes, c. 322-319/8 BC. Shield with kerykeion (caduceus) in central boss. R/ Macedonian helmet; kerykeion (caduceus) to l., rose to r.; TI below. Price 2612.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex-Savoca[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in