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  1. ValiantKnight

    ValiantKnight Well-Known Member

    Justinian, Ravenna mint AE decanummium, year 35 (XXXV).

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  3. Terence Cheesman

    Terence Cheesman Well-Known Member

    maureliuss4.JPG Sestertius of Marcus Aurelius Obv. M. ANTONINVS AVG. TR.P XXV Rv. Wreath PRIMI/DECEN/NALES S.C. RIC 1006 170-171 A.D. 30.57 grms Out of order again
     
  4. Andres2

    Andres2 Well-Known Member

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    next: another Kassander coin
     
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  5. Pavlos

    Pavlos You pick out the big men. I'll make them brave!

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    Obverse: Head of beardless Herakles right, wearing lion skin
    Reverse: BASILEWS KASSANDROU, above and beneath horseman riding right, crowning horse with a wreath, Star in right field, Φ monogram beneath horse.
    Weight: 7,16g
    Size: 20mm

    Next: A coin from the best Macedonian king after Alexander's death (of course this is opinion based :) )
     
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  6. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

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    Kassander
    316-297 BCE Æ (18.08 mm, 5.23 g). Pella or Amphipolis. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / ΒΑ[ΣΙΛΕΩΣ] ΚΑΣΣΑΝ-ΔΡΟΥ, youth on horseback right, extending arm in salute; above, T; before, star; below, monogram. SNG Alpha Bank 917. Dark glossy green patina. Very fine.

    Next up: To slow... Though funny that we chose the same coin!
     
  7. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

    I don't know about best, but here's my favorite!
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    Pyrrhos of Epiros
    287-285 BC and 274-273 BC. Æ Unit (17.5mm, 4.82 g, 6h). Pella mint. Macedonian shield with Monogram of Pyrrhos on boss / Macedonian helmet; BAΣI below; all within oak wreath. AMNG III/2, –; HGC 3, 272; SNG Alpha Bank 970. VF

    Next up: another monogram of one of the diadochi
     
  8. Sulla80

    Sulla80 Well-Known Member

    Another monogram of one of the diadochi
    I may be stretching the monogram definition here - I have no idea if this ΣI is a "monogram" or "control mark" or something else on this coin. I do find it described in a few acsearch auction hits as a "monogram".
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    Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nicator Æ14 14mm, 2.62g
    Antioch, 312-281 BC
    Obv: winged head of Medusa right, dotted border
    Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ above, ΣEΛEYKOY below, bull butting right, monogram ΣI between hind legs, dotted border

    Seleukos I was a Macedonian officer of Alexander the Great and one of the Diadochi. In the Wars of the Diadochi that took place after Alexander's death, Seleukos established the Seleucid dynasty and the Seleucid Empire. His kingdom would be one of the last holdouts of Alexander's former empire to Roman rule.

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    another coin of Seleukid
     
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  9. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Seleukid

    SELEUKOS

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    Seleukid Seleukos I 312-280 BCE AR Tet 14.46g Seleucia on Tigris. Zeus - Athena driving a quadriga of 4 horned elephants SC 130


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    Seleucid Seleukos I 312-280 BCE AE 20 Athena-Elephant Spaer 129

    Next up: ElephantS
     
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  10. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    Hadrian Alexandria drachm / biga of elements
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    Next: another LB dated Alexandrian
     
  11. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    LB dated Alexandrian:

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    Diocletian, AD 284-305.
    Roman billon tetradrachm, 19.2 mm, 7.24 g, 12 h.
    Egypt, Alexandria, AD 285-6.
    Obv: Α Κ Γ ΟVΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust, right.
    Rev: Athena seated left, holding Nike and resting on scepter, shield at side; L B (= regnal year 2) in field.
    Refs: Dattari 5638; BMCG 2485; Milne 4765; Cologne 3211; RCV 12856.

    Next up: Seated Athena
     
  12. Terence Cheesman

    Terence Cheesman Well-Known Member

    Tetradrachm of Lysimachos Kyzikos mint Obv head of Alexander r. Rv seated Athena lMuller 528 Possibly lifetime but the jury is still out 16.55 grams 28 mm lysimachos1.jpg
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  13. Sallent

    Sallent Live long and prosper

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    SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon mint. Struck circa 311-300 BC.
    Weight 17.21g, diameter 26.87 (average)
    Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in wreath in left field, H below throne. SC 82.6; Price 3704; HGC 9, 10f.


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  14. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Minted in Babylon

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    BABALONIA, Babylon
    AR Tetradrachm / Stater (or Dishekel)
    Minted ca. 323-328 B.C.
    24 mm, 16.3g
    Obv: Ba’al seated left holding scepter
    Rev: Lion walking left, control mark Г above. (Control mark was minted during Alexander III Lifetime)
    Ref: Ref: BMC Arabia XXII no.1

    Next up: another Minted in Babylon
     
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  15. Andres2

    Andres2 Well-Known Member

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    Next: tetradrachma of Ptolemy I Soter
     
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  16. maridvnvm

    maridvnvm Well-Known Member

    Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy I Soter

    Silver Tetradrachm of Ptolemy I Soter, founder of the Pteolmaic Kingdom
    Obv:– Diademed head of Ptolemy I right wearing aegis
    Rev:– ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, monogram left
    Minted in Alexandria, B.C. 294
    Reference:– Svoronos 236, SNG Cop 75
    14.379g, 29.9mm, 0o

    The following notes were provided by Forum in their catalog description.
    "Struck on a briefly used standard of 21-attic obols. Broad flan. Overstruck over an Alexander tetradrachm, which had a banker's mark. Undertype visible at 4:00 on obverse. Minor chip. Rare overstrike!"

    Many thanks to mihali84 for spotting the signature on the coin. The coin has the signature of the Delta artist behind the ear (between the ear and the first curl near the neck).This artist was a master craftsman and was responsible for some coins of high artistry at Alexandria during the reign of Ptolemy I (possibly into the early reign of Ptolemy II) and produced from quite early in the reign, including one of the iconic elephant's skin headdress tetradrachm.

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    Next:- A different Ptolemy
     
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  17. Andres2

    Andres2 Well-Known Member

    P1210873 best.JPG

    next: Ptolemy II
     
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  18. Justin Lee

    Justin Lee I learn by doing

    Here's one that I got last week that is the Alexandrian companion in history to my 2 Hieron II coins imitating this coin.
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    Ptolemy II, AE diobol, (A monogram), Svoronos 560
    [my ID is in a doc on my laptop at home]

    Hieron II imitating (or hiring Alexandrian celators?)...
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    Syracuse, Sicily imitating Ptolemaic Issues of Ptolemy II Philadelphos in Alexandria
    Minted under Hieron II, Ruled 270-215 BC
    AE Litra, Uncertain mint in Sicily
    Struck post-reform circa 264-263 BC
    Obverse
    : Laureate head of Zeus right (Sicilian Portrait Style B).
    Reverse: ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with wings spread; oval shield to left, control mark A to lower right near eagle tail; all within sold circle border.
    References: Svoronos 615, Wolf & Lorber, ‘Western Greek’ Style, Subgroup 3, H69 (A42/P56)
     
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  19. Sallent

    Sallent Live long and prosper

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  20. Justin Lee

    Justin Lee I learn by doing

    Ooops! Sorry!

    Next: Ptolemaic AE coin bigger that diobol
     
  21. Terence Cheesman

    Terence Cheesman Well-Known Member

    Ptolemy II Ae Drachm ObvHead of Zeus Ammon right Rv. Two eagles stg left Sv 497 68.37 grms Sv497-2ptII.jpeg Next coin another big Ptolemy
     
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