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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 3565863, member: 91461"]Yesterday or today, the son of Philip II (the first man to be a United King of Europe), student of Aristotle and all around THE baddest dude on the planet... EVER (only man to be Greek King, Egyptian pharaoh and Persian King of Kings), Alexander the great died 21 July 356 BCE – 10 or 11 June 323 BCE.</p><p>Here's some of my favorite coins to remember the life of a God by:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]948592[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Lysimachos</p><p>Kings of Thrace. Pella. 305-281 BC. Tetradrachm AR 27mm., 15,95g.</p><p>Head of the deified Alexander the Great to right, wearing diadem with fluttering ends and with the horn of Ammon around his ear / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Athena, wearing robes and helmet, seated to left on throne, holding Nike on her right hand and resting her left elbow on large round shield adorned with a gorgoneion; to left monogram. very fine. Thompson 253; Müller 471.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]948593[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336- 323 BC). AR tetradrachm (15.98 gm). About VF, countermark, graffito. Late posthumous issue of Perga, dated CY 27 (195/4 BC). Heracles wearing lion-skin, AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, feet on ground line, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; KI in left field, Seleucid anchor countermark in rectangle in outer right field. Price 2941.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]948595[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Ptolemy I Soter</p><p>305-282 BCE. Æ (15mm, 3.85 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Struck after 294 or 289/8 BC. Diademed head of Alexander the Great right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings displayed.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]948596[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Ptolemy III Euergetes</p><p>AE Obol. Alexandria Mint 246-222 BCE. Obverse: Deified head of Alexander the Great right, wearing elephant skin. Reverse: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head right, cornucopia over shoulder; E between legs. References: Svoronos 976; SNG Copenhagen 232. Size: 24mm, 10.36g. Numismatic Notes: Good VF grade and done in choice style!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]948598[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Koinon of Macedon.</p><p>Pseudo-autonomous issue circa AD 200-300. Bronze Æ</p><p>Obverse: diademed bust of Alexander the great right</p><p>Reverse: horseman galloping (Alexander and Bucephalus)</p><p>25mm., 11,48g. nearly very fine</p><p><br /></p><p>Post em if ya got em<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie77" alt=":pompous:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 3565863, member: 91461"]Yesterday or today, the son of Philip II (the first man to be a United King of Europe), student of Aristotle and all around THE baddest dude on the planet... EVER (only man to be Greek King, Egyptian pharaoh and Persian King of Kings), Alexander the great died 21 July 356 BCE – 10 or 11 June 323 BCE. Here's some of my favorite coins to remember the life of a God by: [ATTACH=full]948592[/ATTACH] Lysimachos Kings of Thrace. Pella. 305-281 BC. Tetradrachm AR 27mm., 15,95g. Head of the deified Alexander the Great to right, wearing diadem with fluttering ends and with the horn of Ammon around his ear / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Athena, wearing robes and helmet, seated to left on throne, holding Nike on her right hand and resting her left elbow on large round shield adorned with a gorgoneion; to left monogram. very fine. Thompson 253; Müller 471. [ATTACH=full]948593[/ATTACH] MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336- 323 BC). AR tetradrachm (15.98 gm). About VF, countermark, graffito. Late posthumous issue of Perga, dated CY 27 (195/4 BC). Heracles wearing lion-skin, AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, feet on ground line, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; KI in left field, Seleucid anchor countermark in rectangle in outer right field. Price 2941. [ATTACH=full]948595[/ATTACH] Ptolemy I Soter 305-282 BCE. Æ (15mm, 3.85 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Struck after 294 or 289/8 BC. Diademed head of Alexander the Great right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings displayed. [ATTACH=full]948596[/ATTACH] Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Obol. Alexandria Mint 246-222 BCE. Obverse: Deified head of Alexander the Great right, wearing elephant skin. Reverse: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head right, cornucopia over shoulder; E between legs. References: Svoronos 976; SNG Copenhagen 232. Size: 24mm, 10.36g. Numismatic Notes: Good VF grade and done in choice style! [ATTACH=full]948598[/ATTACH] Koinon of Macedon. Pseudo-autonomous issue circa AD 200-300. Bronze Æ Obverse: diademed bust of Alexander the great right Reverse: horseman galloping (Alexander and Bucephalus) 25mm., 11,48g. nearly very fine Post em if ya got em:pompous:[/QUOTE]
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