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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 8250221, member: 26430"]To [USER=86498]@Terence Cheesman[/USER] 's point --</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As it happens, my one Philip II Tetradrachm and probably my favorite Alexander III Tetradrachm are both of types typically said to be struck under Kassander:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453333[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="4"><b>Greek (Hellenistic). Philip II of Macedon (356-339 BCE) AR Tetradrachm</b> (25mm, 14.0g, ~9h). Struck posthumously in Amphipolis under Kassander, c. 314-310 BCE.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obv</b>: Laureate head of Zeus right</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Rev</b>: ΦIΛIΠΠOY. Youth holding palm branch on horseback right, Λ, bucrane below horse, E before.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Ref</b>: SNG ANS 763-770.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b> Prov</b>: Ex-<a href="https://www.vauctions.com/ViewArchiveItem.asp?ID=21843" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vauctions.com/ViewArchiveItem.asp?ID=21843" rel="nofollow">VAuctions Sale 304 (6 March 2014), Lot 79</a>; Ex-stock of Ancient Imports (Marc Breitsprecher).</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p></blockquote><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]1453339[/ATTACH] </font></p><blockquote><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Greek (Hellenistic). Alexander III of Macedon (336-323 BCE) AR Tetradrachm</b> (26mm, 17.06g). Struck posthumously in Amphipolis under Kassander, c. 316-311 BCE.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obv</b>: Head of Herakles right wearing lionskin headdress.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Rev</b>: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to r. Zeus seated left holding eagle and sceptre, dolphin in lefft field. Price Monogram 1238 below throne (Π & Ο).</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Ref</b>: Price 133; Troxell, Studies, Issue L7; Newell Type L VII; Mueller 542. <a href="http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.133" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.133" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.133</a></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Prov</b>: Ex-Kirk Davis VCoins (15 February 2014); Ex-</font><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=327323" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=327323" rel="nofollow"><font size="4">Gorny & Mosch Auction 152 (10 October 2006), Lot 1318</font></a></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>For some coins that are very likely struck by the last Macedonian King Perseus (of the Antigonids), here are some Pseudo-Rhodian Drachms (if that's really the right denomination) -- naming Hermias, Aristokrates, and Stasion -- probably used to pay mercenaries in the Third Macedonian War. (Photo Credits: three below, all CNG)</p><p>[ATTACH]1453340[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1453341[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1453342[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 8250221, member: 26430"]To [USER=86498]@Terence Cheesman[/USER] 's point -- As it happens, my one Philip II Tetradrachm and probably my favorite Alexander III Tetradrachm are both of types typically said to be struck under Kassander: [ATTACH=full]1453333[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=4][B]Greek (Hellenistic). Philip II of Macedon (356-339 BCE) AR Tetradrachm[/B] (25mm, 14.0g, ~9h). Struck posthumously in Amphipolis under Kassander, c. 314-310 BCE. [B]Obv[/B]: Laureate head of Zeus right [B]Rev[/B]: ΦIΛIΠΠOY. Youth holding palm branch on horseback right, Λ, bucrane below horse, E before. [B]Ref[/B]: SNG ANS 763-770. [B] Prov[/B]: Ex-[URL='https://www.vauctions.com/ViewArchiveItem.asp?ID=21843']VAuctions Sale 304 (6 March 2014), Lot 79[/URL]; Ex-stock of Ancient Imports (Marc Breitsprecher). [/SIZE][/INDENT] [SIZE=4][ATTACH=full]1453339[/ATTACH] [/SIZE] [INDENT][SIZE=4] [B]Greek (Hellenistic). Alexander III of Macedon (336-323 BCE) AR Tetradrachm[/B] (26mm, 17.06g). Struck posthumously in Amphipolis under Kassander, c. 316-311 BCE. [B]Obv[/B]: Head of Herakles right wearing lionskin headdress. [B]Rev[/B]: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to r. Zeus seated left holding eagle and sceptre, dolphin in lefft field. Price Monogram 1238 below throne (Π & Ο). [B]Ref[/B]: Price 133; Troxell, Studies, Issue L7; Newell Type L VII; Mueller 542. [URL]http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.133[/URL] [B]Prov[/B]: Ex-Kirk Davis VCoins (15 February 2014); Ex-[/SIZE][URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=327323'][SIZE=4]Gorny & Mosch Auction 152 (10 October 2006), Lot 1318[/SIZE][/URL][/INDENT] For some coins that are very likely struck by the last Macedonian King Perseus (of the Antigonids), here are some Pseudo-Rhodian Drachms (if that's really the right denomination) -- naming Hermias, Aristokrates, and Stasion -- probably used to pay mercenaries in the Third Macedonian War. (Photo Credits: three below, all CNG) [ATTACH]1453340[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1453341[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1453342[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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