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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4599348, member: 110350"]I have very few Greek coins, silver or otherwise, but there a few with portraits I like a lot:</p><p><br /></p><p>Corinth AR Stater. Circa 375-345 BC. Obv: Pegasos flying left, Q below / Rev: Helmeted head of Athena left. Control-symbols behind head: Retrograde N and Ares standing left holding shield and spear. Pegasi 376 <i>var.</i> [“N” not retrograde”] [Calciati, R., <i>Pegasi Vol. I</i> (Mortara, 1990)]; Ravel 1056 [Ravel, O.E., <i>Les "Poulains" de Corinthe, I - II</i> (Basel, 1936; London, 1948)]; BCD Corinth 121 [Numismatik Lanz, <i>Münzen von Korinth: Sammlung B</i>, Auction 105 (Munich, 26 Nov. 2001)]; SNG Copenhagen 121 [<i>Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum, Part 15, Corinth </i>(Copenhagen 1944)]. 21mm, 8.46 g., 6h. gVF/VF, <i>Ex</i> <i>Roma Numismatics Ltd. Auction IX 22 March 2015, Lot 168</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1139142[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Macedon, Alexander III (under Philip III Arrhidaeus), AR Drachm, Miletos mint, 323-319 BCE. Obv. Head of beardless Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Rev. Zeus seated left on stool-throne, holding long scepter in left hand, with eagle standing right with closed wings on his right hand; KH monogram (Price Monogram 476) in left field; in right field, AΛEXANDPOY. Price 2121 [Price, M., <i>The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus</i> (London, 1991)]; Pella database at <a href="http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.2121?lang=en;" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.2121?lang=en;" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.2121?lang=en;</a> Müller 847 [Müller, L., <i>Numismatique d'Alexandre le Grand; Appendice les monnaies de Philippe II et III, et Lysimaque</i> (Copenhagen, 1855-58)]. 16 mm., 4.21 g. <i>Ex: Harmer Rooke Numismatists, Ltd., 21 Feb. 1986. </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i> [ATTACH=full]1139148[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1139146[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Egypt, Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy VI Philometor [“Mother-loving”] (First reign, 180-164 BCE), ca.180-170 BCE, Alexandria Mint. Obv. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Rev. Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, ΠTOΛEMAIOY on left, BAΣIΛEΩΣ on right. Seaby 7895 [Sear, David, <i>Greek Coins & their Values, Vol. II: Asia & Africa</i> (Seaby 1979)]; Svoronos 1489 (ill. Pl. 51a, Nos. 1-5) [Svoronos, J.N., <i>Ta Nomismata tou Kratous ton Ptolemaion</i> (Athens, 1904-08)] (see <a href="https://www.coin.com/images/dr/svoronos/svc001p209t.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coin.com/images/dr/svoronos/svc001p209t.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.coin.com/images/dr/svoronos/svc001p209t.html</a> [incorrectly attributed to Ptolemy VIII]); SNG Copenhagen 262-268 [<i>Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum, Part 40: Egypt: The Ptolemies</i> (Copenhagen 1977)]; BMC 6 Ptolemaic Egypt 3 (p. 100) (ill. Pl. XXIV No. 5) [Poole, R.S., <i>A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 6, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt</i> (London, 1883)]. 26 mm., 12.14 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1139149[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Syria, Seleucid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypon) Tetradrachm, 109-96 BCE Antioch Mint. Obv. Diademed head of Antiochos VIII right / Rev. Zeus Nikephoros seated left on high-backed throne, holding Nike on outstretched right hand and scepter in left; to outer left, E/P monogram above A [Antioch]; ΔI monogram below throne; BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ; all within laurel wreath. <i>Seleucid Coins</i> [SC] Pt. 2, 2309; <i>Seleucid Coins Online</i> [same] (see <a href="http://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.2309);" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.2309);" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.2309);</a> Seaby 7145 (ill.) [Sear, David, <i>Greek Coins & their Values, Vol. II: Asia & Africa</i> (Seaby 1979)]; Hoover HGC 9, 1200 [Hoover, Oliver, <i>Handbook of Syrian Coins, Royal and Civic Issues, Fourth to First Centuries BC, The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 9</i> (2009)]; Newell SMA 405 [Newell, E.T., <i>The Seleucid Mint of Antioch</i> (1918)], SNG Israel 2554-55 [Spaer, A. & A. Houghton, <i>Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Israel I, The Arnold Spaer Collection of Seleucid Coins</i> (London, 1998)]; BMC 4 Seleucid Syria 2 (p. 98) (ill. Pl. XXVI, No. 3) [<i>erroneously attributed to Antiochos XI</i>] [Gardner, P., <i>A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 4, The Seleucid Kings of Syria </i>(London, 1878)]. 27 mm., 16.2 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1139152[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4599348, member: 110350"]I have very few Greek coins, silver or otherwise, but there a few with portraits I like a lot: Corinth AR Stater. Circa 375-345 BC. Obv: Pegasos flying left, Q below / Rev: Helmeted head of Athena left. Control-symbols behind head: Retrograde N and Ares standing left holding shield and spear. Pegasi 376 [I]var.[/I] [“N” not retrograde”] [Calciati, R., [I]Pegasi Vol. I[/I] (Mortara, 1990)]; Ravel 1056 [Ravel, O.E., [I]Les "Poulains" de Corinthe, I - II[/I] (Basel, 1936; London, 1948)]; BCD Corinth 121 [Numismatik Lanz, [I]Münzen von Korinth: Sammlung B[/I], Auction 105 (Munich, 26 Nov. 2001)]; SNG Copenhagen 121 [[I]Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum, Part 15, Corinth [/I](Copenhagen 1944)]. 21mm, 8.46 g., 6h. gVF/VF, [I]Ex[/I] [I]Roma Numismatics Ltd. Auction IX 22 March 2015, Lot 168[/I]. [ATTACH=full]1139142[/ATTACH] Macedon, Alexander III (under Philip III Arrhidaeus), AR Drachm, Miletos mint, 323-319 BCE. Obv. Head of beardless Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Rev. Zeus seated left on stool-throne, holding long scepter in left hand, with eagle standing right with closed wings on his right hand; KH monogram (Price Monogram 476) in left field; in right field, AΛEXANDPOY. Price 2121 [Price, M., [I]The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus[/I] (London, 1991)]; Pella database at [URL]http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.2121?lang=en;[/URL] Müller 847 [Müller, L., [I]Numismatique d'Alexandre le Grand; Appendice les monnaies de Philippe II et III, et Lysimaque[/I] (Copenhagen, 1855-58)]. 16 mm., 4.21 g. [I]Ex: Harmer Rooke Numismatists, Ltd., 21 Feb. 1986. [ATTACH=full]1139148[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1139146[/ATTACH] [/I] Egypt, Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy VI Philometor [“Mother-loving”] (First reign, 180-164 BCE), ca.180-170 BCE, Alexandria Mint. Obv. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Rev. Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, ΠTOΛEMAIOY on left, BAΣIΛEΩΣ on right. Seaby 7895 [Sear, David, [I]Greek Coins & their Values, Vol. II: Asia & Africa[/I] (Seaby 1979)]; Svoronos 1489 (ill. Pl. 51a, Nos. 1-5) [Svoronos, J.N., [I]Ta Nomismata tou Kratous ton Ptolemaion[/I] (Athens, 1904-08)] (see [URL]https://www.coin.com/images/dr/svoronos/svc001p209t.html[/URL] [incorrectly attributed to Ptolemy VIII]); SNG Copenhagen 262-268 [[I]Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum, Part 40: Egypt: The Ptolemies[/I] (Copenhagen 1977)]; BMC 6 Ptolemaic Egypt 3 (p. 100) (ill. Pl. XXIV No. 5) [Poole, R.S., [I]A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 6, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt[/I] (London, 1883)]. 26 mm., 12.14 g. [ATTACH=full]1139149[/ATTACH] Syria, Seleucid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypon) Tetradrachm, 109-96 BCE Antioch Mint. Obv. Diademed head of Antiochos VIII right / Rev. Zeus Nikephoros seated left on high-backed throne, holding Nike on outstretched right hand and scepter in left; to outer left, E/P monogram above A [Antioch]; ΔI monogram below throne; BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ; all within laurel wreath. [I]Seleucid Coins[/I] [SC] Pt. 2, 2309; [I]Seleucid Coins Online[/I] [same] (see [URL]http://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.2309);[/URL] Seaby 7145 (ill.) [Sear, David, [I]Greek Coins & their Values, Vol. II: Asia & Africa[/I] (Seaby 1979)]; Hoover HGC 9, 1200 [Hoover, Oliver, [I]Handbook of Syrian Coins, Royal and Civic Issues, Fourth to First Centuries BC, The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 9[/I] (2009)]; Newell SMA 405 [Newell, E.T., [I]The Seleucid Mint of Antioch[/I] (1918)], SNG Israel 2554-55 [Spaer, A. & A. Houghton, [I]Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Israel I, The Arnold Spaer Collection of Seleucid Coins[/I] (London, 1998)]; BMC 4 Seleucid Syria 2 (p. 98) (ill. Pl. XXVI, No. 3) [[I]erroneously attributed to Antiochos XI[/I]] [Gardner, P., [I]A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 4, The Seleucid Kings of Syria [/I](London, 1878)]. 27 mm., 16.2 g. [ATTACH=full]1139152[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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