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Flying Pig and a Gorgon


Ionia Klazomenai 480-400 BC AR Drachm Pentobol 3.5g 13mm Forepart winged boar r gorgoneion incuse sq Cf SNG Copenhagen 12 Rare

Next: another monster

 

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THASOS AR Stater
OBVERSE: Naked ithyphallic satyr carrying off a nymph who raises her arm in protest
REVERSE: Quadripartite incluse Square
Struck at Thasos, 525-463 BC
8.69g, 21mm
SNGCop 1008

Next: incuse square

 

Responsible for 80 000 Roman deaths in the Asian vespers, the personal murder of a cappadocian king and lots of repeat usurpations and other skulduggery.
Mithridates Vl king of Pontus. A despotic monster who forced his wives to commit suicide.

 

as Bing asked:


next: Perdikkas or Alexander the first

 

Blaming Mithridates for this requires a very Roman spin on the events.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatic_Vesper

The family he killed, including himself, were spared being killed or used as trophies in the triumph of Pompey. To the mindset of that day, a simple death was preferable to the torture and dishonor of being taken by the Romans. Today, we hear the term "Fake News". History is written by the victors. Truth is not now and never was a consistent primary requirement of the political class.

 

Alexander I
498-454 BC. AR Tetrobol (15mm, 1.97 g). Horse right / Quadripartite incuse square. Raymond pl. V, b; SNG ANS 20.
Ex Savoca

Next up: favorite Macedonian coin or one that you consider awesome

 

Next up: favorite Macedonian coin or one that you consider awesome


Makedon
Alexander I
498-454 BCE
AR Obol
10mm 0.75g
Horse -
Quadripartite incuse sq
SNG ANS 32 Rare

Next: Another Makedonwn Coin before Alexander III

 

Well I just got my first Macedonian coin.

359-336 BCE
Macedonia | Philip II
AE17 | 17.4mm | 5.63g
Obv: Diademed Apollo right
Rev: ΦIΛIΠΠOY, Young horseman right, thunderbolt below
Ref: SNG ANS 880

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Next: your first coin from any given kingdom or issuer.

 

Well, this coin that I was about to post for another reason - qualifies as my first from Philip II of Macedon as well as

Philip II of Macedon reigned 359–336 BC, AE
Obv: Diademed head of Apollo right
Rev: ΦIΛIΠΠOY, Youth on horseback right; thunderbolt before.
Ref: SNG ANS 880
Size: 17.5 mm (7.41 gm)

@Alegandron beat me the punch and then @TuckHard was quicker, however, I will still post this coin too. It is a recent pick-up that was certainly inspired by many related examples from the @Ryro collection. Not 100% on the attribution, the symbol on the reverse (below) appears to be a grain ear.

Kings of Macedon, Alexander III, 336-323 BC, Æ
Obv: Macedonian shield with head of Herakles 3/4 facing right in center
Rev: Crested helmet between B-A, grain-ear below
Size: 17mm, 4.41g
Ref: Price 2806-2807

Next: More coins of Kings of Macedon

 

Big congrats! Great coin.

 

Very humbling. I was watching the lot of those in last weeks special auction. But my mark was in a different area


You got the cream of the crop though. A stunner and one of the finest of the type I've seen:


Ps, let me know if it has that tar black patina in hand? Just BEAuuutiful!

Pss, game on, as he asked, another king of macedon

 

Great coin! That reverse is great!

 

next: Philip III Aridaeus of Macedonia

 

I have a tetradrachm of Philip III minted in Babylon under Seleukos I.

Next: another coin minted in Babylon

 

next: another coin of a Macedonia king

 

Makedon King


Makedon Antigonos I Monopthalmus 319-305 BC AR Drachm Magnesia and Maeandrum Mint 3-9g 16-5mm Herakles lion-Zeus

Next: Another Makedon King

 

next: Pyrrhos

 

Next up: a coin showing the monogram of one odd three Diadochi or their successors

 

That is a great coin. Lots of detail, clear features, great patina. Congrats.

 

Kings of Thrace,
Lysimachus,
323-281 BCE
AE14, 2.7g, 12h;
Lysimacheia mint.
Obv.: Young male head right, in crested Athenian helmet.
Rev.: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY above and below forepart of lion right, EAM monogram to left, spearhead below.
Ref: SNG Cop 1159 var

Next: Diadochi