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<p>[QUOTE="Pavlos, post: 4562039, member: 96635"]Wonderful coin [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER]! Your collection is bursting from those cool Macedonian shields.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think three of my dream coins would be these. And I am pretty sure not one of them will ever be in my collection, even when in worse condition. So I guess they will stay in my dream forever.</p><p><img src="https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/images/view/306/245498l.jpg?md5=3ym6xqjB4gYtGGxU_LDO7g&expires=1591863249" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Seleucid Kings, Seleukos I Nikator (312-281 B.C.), Silver Tetradrachm, 16.70g,. Mint of P ergamon, struck 281 B.C. Bridled head of horned horse (Bucephalus?) faci ng to right, its mouth open. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΣEΛEYKOY , elephant walking to right, a bee above, an anchor below (Houghton & Lorber, Seleucid Coins, part I, 1 (1);</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/images/view/2971/2479129l.jpg?md5=FLlMelC4qTm4SWOst2WmMg&expires=1591863567" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Pyrrhus (ca. 297-272 BC). AR tetradrachm. Attic standard, Epizephyrean Locrus, ca. 278 BC. Head of Zeus Naeus of Dodona left, wearing oak wreath / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΠYPPOY, Dione enthroned half front, transverse scepter in right hand, raising himation with left over shoulder. HGC 3.1, 261</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/images/view/458/463725l.jpg?md5=t7rR4WUKzZ76uTJVEF3eRg&expires=1591863315" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Syria (Seleucid Kingdom). Alexander I Balas, 150-145 BC. AR "Marriage" Tetradrachm (17.01g) minted at Ake, c. 150 BC. Jugate busts right of Cleopatra Thea as Tyche, diademed, veiled, and wearing <i>kalathos</i>, with cornucopiae over far shoulder, and Alexander I, diademed; to left, monogram; fillet border. <i>Reverse</i>: Zeus enthroned left on high-backed chair, holding scepter and Nike facing, bearing thunderbolt. SC 1841 = Houghton, CSE 407 (this coin)</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER] has this one, I am so jealous.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pavlos, post: 4562039, member: 96635"]Wonderful coin [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER]! Your collection is bursting from those cool Macedonian shields. I think three of my dream coins would be these. And I am pretty sure not one of them will ever be in my collection, even when in worse condition. So I guess they will stay in my dream forever. [IMG]https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/images/view/306/245498l.jpg?md5=3ym6xqjB4gYtGGxU_LDO7g&expires=1591863249[/IMG] Seleucid Kings, Seleukos I Nikator (312-281 B.C.), Silver Tetradrachm, 16.70g,. Mint of P ergamon, struck 281 B.C. Bridled head of horned horse (Bucephalus?) faci ng to right, its mouth open. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΣEΛEYKOY , elephant walking to right, a bee above, an anchor below (Houghton & Lorber, Seleucid Coins, part I, 1 (1); [IMG]https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/images/view/2971/2479129l.jpg?md5=FLlMelC4qTm4SWOst2WmMg&expires=1591863567[/IMG] Pyrrhus (ca. 297-272 BC). AR tetradrachm. Attic standard, Epizephyrean Locrus, ca. 278 BC. Head of Zeus Naeus of Dodona left, wearing oak wreath / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΠYPPOY, Dione enthroned half front, transverse scepter in right hand, raising himation with left over shoulder. HGC 3.1, 261 [IMG]https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/images/view/458/463725l.jpg?md5=t7rR4WUKzZ76uTJVEF3eRg&expires=1591863315[/IMG] Syria (Seleucid Kingdom). Alexander I Balas, 150-145 BC. AR "Marriage" Tetradrachm (17.01g) minted at Ake, c. 150 BC. Jugate busts right of Cleopatra Thea as Tyche, diademed, veiled, and wearing [I]kalathos[/I], with cornucopiae over far shoulder, and Alexander I, diademed; to left, monogram; fillet border. [I]Reverse[/I]: Zeus enthroned left on high-backed chair, holding scepter and Nike facing, bearing thunderbolt. SC 1841 = Houghton, CSE 407 (this coin) [USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER] has this one, I am so jealous.[/QUOTE]
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