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<p>[QUOTE="Plumbata, post: 3521140, member: 96864"]Very nice silvers, gotta say they're a bit more personally interesting than those roaches of yours! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The drachms of Lysimachus tend to be quite attractive, as yours is.</p><p> </p><p>Lately I've become much more interested in the coins of Alexander, his predecessors and his Diadochi, with the varied issues of Seleukos I Nikator being extra interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]934954[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]934957[/ATTACH]</p><p>16.97g ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ tetradrachm from Ekbatana, 2 winged-medusa, butting bull bronzes (I'm in love with the type and aim to collect a herd of 'em), and a rough but somewhat scarce 0.43g fraction from Babylon.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've made no secret of my great interest in inscribed sling bullets, and hope to spend the next 50 years matching bullets to coins and coins to bullets. The Macedonians and Diadochi are great for both so it should be interesting. </p><p>I recently picked up a big load of 23 bullets, most inscribed (albeit weakly generally) and believe I have some Philips (II or III, will have to do more research), an Alexander and others.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]934963[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]934966[/ATTACH] </p><p>4.11g ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ drachm with 2 of his sling bullets, monogram on 1 side and ΛΥ on the other.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]934968[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]934969[/ATTACH] </p><p>I felt pretty silly for not realizing it sooner, but after learning how the "H" was pronounced in ancient Greek the origin of the "ΔΗΜΗ / ΤΡΙΟ[...]" sling bullet clicked pretty quick, it must be in the name of Demetrius I Poliorcetes besieger of cities! (More interesting than a later Antigonid origin, don't burst my bubble plz <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) Now I just need to save up a grand or so to get one of his awesome Poseidon tetradrachms.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Plumbata, post: 3521140, member: 96864"]Very nice silvers, gotta say they're a bit more personally interesting than those roaches of yours! :D The drachms of Lysimachus tend to be quite attractive, as yours is. Lately I've become much more interested in the coins of Alexander, his predecessors and his Diadochi, with the varied issues of Seleukos I Nikator being extra interesting. [ATTACH=full]934954[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]934957[/ATTACH] 16.97g ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ tetradrachm from Ekbatana, 2 winged-medusa, butting bull bronzes (I'm in love with the type and aim to collect a herd of 'em), and a rough but somewhat scarce 0.43g fraction from Babylon. I've made no secret of my great interest in inscribed sling bullets, and hope to spend the next 50 years matching bullets to coins and coins to bullets. The Macedonians and Diadochi are great for both so it should be interesting. I recently picked up a big load of 23 bullets, most inscribed (albeit weakly generally) and believe I have some Philips (II or III, will have to do more research), an Alexander and others. [ATTACH=full]934963[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]934966[/ATTACH] 4.11g ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ drachm with 2 of his sling bullets, monogram on 1 side and ΛΥ on the other. [ATTACH=full]934968[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]934969[/ATTACH] I felt pretty silly for not realizing it sooner, but after learning how the "H" was pronounced in ancient Greek the origin of the "ΔΗΜΗ / ΤΡΙΟ[...]" sling bullet clicked pretty quick, it must be in the name of Demetrius I Poliorcetes besieger of cities! (More interesting than a later Antigonid origin, don't burst my bubble plz :p) Now I just need to save up a grand or so to get one of his awesome Poseidon tetradrachms.[/QUOTE]
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