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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kirispupis, post: 8278862, member: 118780&quot;]I&#039;d have to agree that the most &#039;bad-ass&#039; death I can think of is Antigonos I Monophthalmos. It took the combined armies of Seleukos and Lysimachos to take down an 81 year old guy. (Kassander wasn&#039;t present, but bolstered Lysimachos&#039; forces with his brother Pleistarchos in charge, and Ptolemy was allied against Antigonos, but didn&#039;t participate in that battle). </p><p><br /></p><p>Antigonos was clearly the ancient Chuck Norris.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1461904[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Antigonos I Monophthalmos</font></font></p><p><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4"><p style="text-align: center">Antigoneia 305-300 BCE</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">28mm 16.33g</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Head of young Herakles facing right, wearing a lion&#039;s skin. / ALEXANDPOY, Zeus enthroned left, holding an eagle and a sceptre, X on left, M on right, Ph below throne.</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Price 3195, Müller 804</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Ex Mike Vosper</p><p></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p>Probably the most dramatic death for the agent was Ptolemy Keraunos, who was killed by the Gauls and then had his head paraded around on a spike. That became pretty standard by Roman times, but the Greeks were usually more civil.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1461905[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">KINGS of MACEDON. Ptolemy Keraunos. 281-279 BCE</font></font></p><p><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4"><p style="text-align: center">AR Tetradrachm</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">In the name and types of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monograms in left field and below throne.</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Price 537; Mathisen, Administrative –. </p><p></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, Antigenes was thrown into a pit and burned alive (by Antigonos I). That must not have been pleasant.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1461910[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Alexander III &#039;the Great&#039; AR Tetradrachm.</font></font></p><p><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4"><p style="text-align: center">Susa, circa 322-320 BC.</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Minted by Antigenes</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; [BAΣIΛEΩΣ] below, AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, monogram to left, ΛA below throne. Price 3846. 17.04g, 24mm, 6h.</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Ex Roma</p><p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>And most anticlimactic death probably goes to Pyrrhos, one of the great generals of antiquity, who was killed by an old woman who threw a brick on him.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1461906[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Pyrrhos of Epiros</font></font></p><p><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4"><p style="text-align: center">Pella 287-285 BCE or 274-273 BCE</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">AE 17mm 4.42g 5h</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">AMNG III/2, -. HGC 3, 272. SNG Alpha Bank 970</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Ex Nomos</p><p></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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