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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 3406461, member: 91461&quot;]I know, I know, it&#039;s not a new coin. And some might really not like the fact that these coins are under glass, though very easily retrieved. </p><p>Heck, you can&#039;t even flip these coins. Lions &quot;heads&quot; skull cap you lose, Zeus &quot;tails&quot; sitting on his throne I win.</p><p>But I grow tired of having to schlep out my collection to show off my coins! How about someone visiting my home ask ME about my favorite historical figures and the historical evidence for once! </p><p>Anyway, I was perusing the collection of our own [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER] and was reminded of how much I LOVED what he did (with help from his son) with his MA Legionary coins. I thought I would try to put something together with my favorite Man/Greek King /Persian King O&#039; Kings/Pharaoh/living God and all around bad @$$ ATG:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]904456[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Coins inside include:</p><p>Amyntas III, </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>393-369 BC. Æ13 (3.01 gm). Head of Herakles in lion-skin headdress / Eagle devouring serpent. SNG.ANS.100. Lind.1265. aVF, black patina. Scarce</p><p><br /></p><p>King Philip II </p><p>Of Apollo / rider horse </p><p>AE16 350 BC</p><p><br /></p><p>Alexander III &#039;the Great&#039;</p><p>(336-323 BC). AE (18mm, 5.70g). Uncertain mint in Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / AΛEΞANΔPOY. Club, quiver and bow. Price 266. Former Kairos Numismatik</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>Alexander III ‘the Great’.</p><p>336-323 BC. AR Plated </p><p>Drachm Head of Herakles </p><p>right, wearing lion skin; s / </p><p>Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; </p><p>in left field, holding Eagle.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lysimachos</p><p>Kings of Thrace. Pella. 305-281 BC. Tetradrachm AR27mm., 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 / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, 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>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><br /></p><p>So, go ahead and post unique ways that you&#039;ve presented your coins (preferably in a way that brings no harm to the coins).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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