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<p>[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 7571027, member: 82549"]Here's another little fellow from the Roma group lots:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1305383[/ATTACH]</p><p>Kings of Macedon</p><p>AE15 unit</p><p>Obv: Diademed young male head, right, within border of dots</p><p>Rev: AΛEΧAN[ΔPO?] - Horse, prancing right. Star control mark, below.</p><p>15 mm, 4.0 g.</p><p>HGC 3.1, 836</p><p><br /></p><p>Price attributed this coin to Alexander the Great (#349), but Hoover (HGC 3.1) assigns it to Alexander II, from 370-367 B.C. Does anyone know when or why this change was made? If it is indeed of Alexander II, it is the only known coin of his--quite a neat little find in a group lot!</p><p><br /></p><p>By now I imagine most of you are have seen enough of the coins from the lots that I mentioned in the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roma-auction-buyers-remorse.379110/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roma-auction-buyers-remorse.379110/">Roma Auction - Buyer's Remorse</a> post that maybe you're just now becoming sorry that you asked. So I'll give it a rest for a bit and let everyone get on with their lives.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post anything you feel is relevant.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 7571027, member: 82549"]Here's another little fellow from the Roma group lots: [ATTACH=full]1305383[/ATTACH] Kings of Macedon AE15 unit Obv: Diademed young male head, right, within border of dots Rev: AΛEΧAN[ΔPO?] - Horse, prancing right. Star control mark, below. 15 mm, 4.0 g. HGC 3.1, 836 Price attributed this coin to Alexander the Great (#349), but Hoover (HGC 3.1) assigns it to Alexander II, from 370-367 B.C. Does anyone know when or why this change was made? If it is indeed of Alexander II, it is the only known coin of his--quite a neat little find in a group lot! By now I imagine most of you are have seen enough of the coins from the lots that I mentioned in the [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roma-auction-buyers-remorse.379110/']Roma Auction - Buyer's Remorse[/URL] post that maybe you're just now becoming sorry that you asked. So I'll give it a rest for a bit and let everyone get on with their lives. Post anything you feel is relevant.[/QUOTE]
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