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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 7785431, member: 91461&quot;]My biggest win that didn&#039;t get swept away by the hysteria:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1336058[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Very excited to see this mean greeny in hand:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1336059[/ATTACH]</p><p>LUCANIA, Thurium as Copia (193-150 BCE) AE As. 9.40g, 22mm.</p><p>Obv: Laureate head of Janus</p><p>Rev: COPIA in right field; Cornucopia, caduceus and I (mark of value) in right field.</p><p>HN Italy 1935. Very rare. cf. CNG E-Auction 374, 11.05.2016, lot 9 (hammer 260 USD); same dies as NAC Auction 84, 20.05.2015, lot 564 (hammer 2250 CHF)</p><p>Very rare and in fine style.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hard to pass up ATG&#039;s grandpappy with the name legible:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1336060[/ATTACH]</p><p>Amyntas III (393-369 BCE). Aigai or Pella. 3.40g, 16mm.</p><p>Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing lion skin.</p><p>Rev: Eagle standing right, devouring serpent held in its talons.</p><p>SNG ANS 100-109.</p><p>Readable name. Amyntas was the father of Philip II and grandfather of Alexander the Great.</p><p><br /></p><p>A unique ATG type!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1336065[/ATTACH]</p><p>Alexander III ‘the Great’, 336-323 BCE. Amphipolis, lifetime issue, 4.80g, 14-17mm.</p><p>Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion&#039;s skin headdress</p><p>Rev: Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head turned back; ivy leaf above.</p><p>Price 28</p><p>Not the usual Alexander!</p><p><br /></p><p>A clear departure from my usual collecting habits:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1336066[/ATTACH]</p><p>Philip III Arrhidaios, 323-317 BCE. Salamis (Cyprus). 3.92g, 15mm.</p><p>Obv: Macedonian shield with facing gorgoneion on boss.</p><p>Rev: B A Macedonian helmet facing, caduceus to left.</p><p>Price 3158.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1336070[/ATTACH]</p><p>Demetrios I Poliorketes, 306-283 BCE. Pella. 3.37g, 15mm.</p><p>Obv: Macedonian shield with monogram in boss</p><p>Rev: BA-ΣΙ, crested Macedonian helmet</p><p>SNG Alpha Bank 969.</p><p><br /></p><p>Athena with her MSC:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1336071[/ATTACH]</p><p>Philip V, 221-179 BCE. 3.66g, 16mm.</p><p>Obv: Head of Zeus to right.</p><p>Rev: B A Φ Athena Alkidemos advancing right, holding spear and shield</p><p>SNG Alpha Bank 1071-4</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve always liked the style of Herakles on these:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1336073[/ATTACH]</p><p>Lysimacheia, 309-220 BCE. 3.53g, 17mm.</p><p>Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion&#039;s skin headdress</p><p>Rev: ΛYΣIMAXEΩN, Nike standing left, holding wreath and palm; monograms to right.</p><p>SNG Cop. 901-2 &amp; 914-15; Moushmov 5499.</p><p>Scarce.</p><p>Lysimacheia was founded in 309 BCE by Lysimachos, one of Alexander’s generals and an important player in the wars following his death. His Thracian kingdom based at the city did not last long, collapsing entirely under pressure from the massive Gallic invasion of 279 BCE. After a pan-Hellenic effort to eject the Gauls, Antigonos II Gonatas defeated the last major group in the famous Battle of Lysimacheia in 277.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another Sakkos for my growing collection:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1336074[/ATTACH]</p><p>THESSALY, Phalanna, late 4th c. BCE, AE Dichalkon. 6.20g, 17-20mm.</p><p>Obv: Head of Ares right .</p><p>Rev: ΦΑΛΑΝΝΑΙΩΝ, head of nymph right, with hair in sakkos.</p><p>Sear 2180</p><p>Flan flaw at 6 o’clock. (Actually rather interesting.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1336075[/ATTACH]</p><p>PONTOS, Amisos, c. 125-100 BCE (under Mithradates VI) AE 17. 3.83g, 17mm.</p><p>Obv: Bare-headed bust of Perseus right</p><p>Rev: AMI-ΣOY, cornucopia between caps of the Dioscuri, stars above each.</p><p>SNG BM Black Sea 1129-33; BMC 65.</p><p>From the Erworben collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>And that&#039;s ten, so I must not have gotten anymore<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Cheers to [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] for a wildly successful auction! Thanks buddy. This was a blast.</p><p>So, come on gang, let&#039;s see your wins... or painful losses![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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