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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 3840688, member: 96898&quot;]An interesting idea for a collection, [USER=56842]@Dougmeister[/USER]. Might I ask whether you are looking to acquire these coins for yourself, or whether you want them for some sort of educational project?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some coins that could be associated with people or events most non-history-geeks will have heard of:</p><p><br /></p><p>Struck in Athens during the lifetime of Socrates:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1019463[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Attica, Athens, AR tetradrachm, ca. 440s–430s BC. Obv: head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves and palmette. Rev: AΘE; Owl standing right, head facing; to left, olive sprig and crescent; all within incuse square. 24mm, 17.14g. Ref: Kroll 8.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Alexander the Great:</p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1019464[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Alexander III &quot;the Great,&quot; Kingdom of Macedonia, Ar tetradrachm, 325–323 BC, Amphipolis mint (under Antipater). Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin. Rev: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, rooster standing left. 26mm, 17.17g. Ref: Price 79; Troxell 1997, issue E3.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p>Augustus:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1019465[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Augustus, Roman Empire, as, 15 BC, Rome mint, moneyer: Lucius Naevius Surdinus. Obv: CAESAR AVGVSTVS TRIBUNIC POTEST, bareheaded head of Augustus right. Rev; L SVRDINUS III VIR AAAFF, large SC. 26mm, 10.62g. Ref: RIC I, 386.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Julius Caesar:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1019468[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Roman Republic, Imperatorial Coinage, Julius Caesar, AR denarius, 49–48 BC, military mint moving with Caesar. Obv: [CA]ESAR; elephant walking r., trampling snake. Rev: priestly implements: culullus, aspergillum, axe, apex. 20mm, 3.70g. Ref: RRC 443/1.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Marcus Aurelius, author of the <i>Meditations</i>:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1019467[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Marcus Aurelius (as Caesar), Roman Empire, denarius, 140–144 AD, Rome mint. Obv: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS; head of Marcus Aurelius, bare, r. Rev: IVVENTAS, Iuventas (youth) standing l., dropping incense in candelabrum and holding patera. 17.5mm, 3.16g. Ref: RIC III Antoninus Pius 423a.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine the Great:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1019466[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Constantinus I, Roman Empire, AE 3, 326 AD, Trier mint. Obv: CONSTANTINVS AVG; bust of Constantine, laureate, r. Rev: PROVIDENTIAE AVGG; &quot;campgate&quot; with two turrets, star above; in exergue, PTR-crescent. 19mm, 3.30g. Ref: RIC VII Trier 475.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1019462[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Baldwin III, Kingdom of Jerusalem, BI Denier, 1142–1163 AD, Jerusalem mint. Obv: BALDVINVS REX; cross pattée. Rev: + DE IERVSALEM; Tower of David. 16mm, 0.97g. Ref: CCS 21.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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