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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 22167515, member: 87809&quot;]Just wanted to enjoy the attribution of these two, and I hope my attribution is right and they are not fakes, but if they are it&#039;s ok - 25 bucks for each is worth what I learned<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />:</p><p><br /></p><p>First, a very common Menandros I Soter AR Drachm; it has a lot of holes but I picked it because the legend is complete</p><p><br /></p><p>Baktria, ca. 155 – 130 BC</p><p>16.6 x 16.8 mm; 2.374 g</p><p>Bopearachchi Série 13, B; SNG ANS 771-781; HGC 12, 191</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ / MENANΔPOY (&quot;of Menander King and Saviour&quot;) diademed, draped bust of Menander to right</p><p>Rev.: ꅐ Kharoshthi legend “Maharajasa tratarasa / Menamdrasa”, ”Of the king, savior, Menander&quot; Athena Alkidemos, viewed from behind, standing left, hurling thunderbolt in raised right hand and holding shield decorated with aegis on extended left arm, AY monogram in left field.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1544360[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1544361[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>the second one, Alexander the Great, Herakles –Zeus, AR Drachm </p><p>The obverse is off center, but I like the reverse and since the flan is small, it seems there was not enough space for the legend and the mint had to squeeze in the last letter &quot;o&quot;, which is much smaller than the others</p><p><br /></p><p>Lampsakos, ca. 323- 317 BC Lifetime issue or early posthumous issue struck under Philip III Arrhidaios </p><p><br /></p><p>16.4 x 15.7 mm; 3.778 g</p><p>Price 1364; Mueller 535; ADM II, Series VI, 145; </p><p>See Margaret Thompson, “Alexander’s Drachm Mints II: Lampsacus and Abydus” Numismatic Studies N. 19, p. 25, <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015021567436&amp;view=1up&amp;seq=29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015021567436&amp;view=1up&amp;seq=29" rel="nofollow">https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015021567436&amp;view=1up&amp;seq=29</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress</p><p>Rev.: AΛEΞANΔΡoΥ, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, himation over knees, legs parallel, eagle on outstretched right hand and left hand on scepter; (A)Π monogram in left field, coiled serpent head to left, below throne.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1544362[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1544363[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Please share your pick bins that you have enjoyed very much researching<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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