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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 5008358, member: 96635&quot;]As a Greek I am obsessed with Greek history <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I mainly focus myself in the Greek islands (each island created it&#039;s own myths and it is widely reflected on the coinage) and the Seleukid Empire. Epeiros as well since my familly is from there and also Mithradates VI Eupator, in my opinion the third best military general in Ancient Greek times.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/4LePTUZ.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Islands of Caria, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 250-229 BC. AR Didrachm. Mnasimachos, magistrate</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> Rose with bud to right; MNAΣIMAXOΣ above, P-O flanking stem; to left, Athena Nikephoros standing left.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> Ashton 208; HN Online 395; HGC 6, 1439.</p><p>6.70g</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/UWWpbVU.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos III Megas (223 - 187 B.C.). AR Tetradrachm. Antioch mint. Series 3, circa 204–197 B.C.</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Diademed head of Antiochos III to right.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY. Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in his right hand and resting his left on grounded bow; to outer left, bow in bowcase.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> SC 1044.5a; Le Rider series 3-4, obv. A12; BMC 27; HGC 9, 447u.</p><p>17.07g</p><p><br /></p><p>Talking about remelting/overstriking, even in Ancient times it was done, especially for rivals. An example in the Seleukid Empire: When Philip I Philadelphos came to rule Antioch, he started to recycle the tetradrachms of his predecessors and reissued them with his own types, so there were barely any tetradrachms of his competitors circulating. Besides propaganda, he reissued them with a lighter weight of around 0.35g (hence the low eight of ~15.5g). By doing so, Philip’s treasury profited by about half an obol every time an older tetradrachm was recoined.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/p9RKVVE.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Seleukid Kingdom. Philip I Philadelphos (circa 95/4-76/5 B.C.) AR Tetradrachm. Antiochia on the Orontes mint, lifetime issue, circa 88/7-76/5 B.C.</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Diademed head of Philip I to right.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΦIΛIΠΠΟΥ - EΠIΦΑΝΟΥΣ / ΦIΛAΔEΛΦΟΥ Zeus seated left, holding Nike in his right hand and long scepter in his left; to inner left, O.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> SC 2463</p><p>15.52g[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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