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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 6473996, member: 26430"]Good one, [USER=101607]@shanxi[/USER] ! I wouldn't have thought of that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's another controversial one, albeit with some prominent supporters (like the Hannbal-Herakles above): Philip II of Macedon. Harlan J Berk, in his <i>100 Greatest Ancient Coins</i>, proposes that several classical rulers' numismatic portraits appear concealed in busts of the divine (not, in principle, that surprising, since it was a common motif in classical art, albeit taboo on the coinage of some societies). </p><p><br /></p><p>Of this coin, Berk (2008:50) writes that "it marks Philip II as the first Greek of the Hellenistic era to put his own portrait on a coin."</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1258515[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Kings of Macedon, Philip II (BC 359 - 336)</b>, Posthumous AR Tetradrachm (14.03g, 25.03mm, 10h). Amphipolis, <i>temp</i>. Kassander (as Regent, BC 313 – 310), BC 310 - 307 (315 - 294 in some sources).</p><p><b>Obverse</b>: Laureate head of Zeus right (with the features of Philip II?).</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ. Nude youth on horseback r., holding palm. Λ above bucranium beneath horse; monogram E below raised foreleg.</p><p><b>Refs</b>: LeRider pl. 47: 1, 7; SNG ANS 759-62 (see also 770).</p><p><b>Pedigree</b>: Ex-VAuctions Sale 304, #79 (6 March 2014), Ex-Ancient Imports / Marc Breitsprecher.</p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>NEXT: </b></i>Yet another<b> PORTRAIT OF X - AS - Y </b>(whether controversial or totally conventional!)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 6473996, member: 26430"]Good one, [USER=101607]@shanxi[/USER] ! I wouldn't have thought of that. Here's another controversial one, albeit with some prominent supporters (like the Hannbal-Herakles above): Philip II of Macedon. Harlan J Berk, in his [I]100 Greatest Ancient Coins[/I], proposes that several classical rulers' numismatic portraits appear concealed in busts of the divine (not, in principle, that surprising, since it was a common motif in classical art, albeit taboo on the coinage of some societies). Of this coin, Berk (2008:50) writes that "it marks Philip II as the first Greek of the Hellenistic era to put his own portrait on a coin." [ATTACH=full]1258515[/ATTACH] [B]Kings of Macedon, Philip II (BC 359 - 336)[/B], Posthumous AR Tetradrachm (14.03g, 25.03mm, 10h). Amphipolis, [I]temp[/I]. Kassander (as Regent, BC 313 – 310), BC 310 - 307 (315 - 294 in some sources). [B]Obverse[/B]: Laureate head of Zeus right (with the features of Philip II?). [B]Reverse[/B]: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ. Nude youth on horseback r., holding palm. Λ above bucranium beneath horse; monogram E below raised foreleg. [B]Refs[/B]: LeRider pl. 47: 1, 7; SNG ANS 759-62 (see also 770). [B]Pedigree[/B]: Ex-VAuctions Sale 304, #79 (6 March 2014), Ex-Ancient Imports / Marc Breitsprecher. [I][B]NEXT: [/B][/I]Yet another[B] PORTRAIT OF X - AS - Y [/B](whether controversial or totally conventional!)[/QUOTE]
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