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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kirispupis, post: 7837425, member: 118780&quot;]Hello everyone! I thought I&#039;d start a thread for Leu wins. This was my first time taking part in a Leu auction and hammer prices seemed to be very strong. I&#039;m not sure if it&#039;s an indication of escalating ancient coin prices, or just the clientele of the auction. I was successful in 5 of the 10 coins I bid on, though those I won were for either my max bid or one below my max.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are my wins:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1347635[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Seleukos I Nikator, 312-281 BC.</b> Tetradrachm (Silver, 26 mm, 17.08 g, 8 h), Susa, circa 296/5-281</p><p><br /></p><p>This was my top target for the auction and the main reason I participated. Seleukos was my only missing piece from the diadochi who minted coins in their own names (others are Lysimachos, Kassander, and Ptolemy), and this was the coin I wanted most from him. Overall it&#039;s been my #1 target for some time. The elephants give such a striking portrait of the times IMHO, and were a huge factor in the wars.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1347631[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Demetrios I Poliorketes, 306-283 BC.</b> AE (Bronze, 18 mm, 5.20 g, 6 h), uncertain mint in Macedon or Greece (?), circa 294-288. Prow to left. <i>Rev.</i> ΔΗΜ / ΒΑΣΙ Demetrios on horseback galloping left, hurling spear; to left, forepart of a lion right. HGC 3, 1024. Newell 179 and pl. XVII, 18. SNG Alpha Bank -. SNG München -. Extremely rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one I go back and forth on. Technically, per my own rules I shouldn&#039;t have bid on it, since I already have a tet from Demetrios. I also think it&#039;s been tooled. However, I just really loved the design of this one with Demetrios riding on horseback, the ship&#039;s fore, and what I understand is a lion that the horse is riding over (which I presume symbolizes Lysimachos?). Adding to it, I couldn&#039;t find any examples of the same design in my searches. Since HGC and Newell list it, there must be a few other copies out there, but there doesn&#039;t seem to be too many. The coin is rough, but I figured this may be my only chance to obtain a copy. I&#039;m therefore glad to have it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1347634[/ATTACH] </p><p><b> Alexander III ‘the Great’, 336-323 BC.</b> Tetradrachm (Silver, 24 mm, 16.80 g, 7 h), Susa, struck under Koinos, circa 324-323.&nbsp; Price 3829.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin confused me initially. It was minted by Koinos, but when I read up on him he died in 326 BCE. In 323 BCE (after Alexander&#039;s death), Antigenes received the satrapy of Susa. However, all auction sites attribute Susa tets to Koinos up to 320 BCE. I then read further to realize this was a <i>different</i> Koinos, who received the satrapy in 325 BCE and was no longer mentioned in 320. Little seems to be written about him. I was interested in this coin not only to add to my &quot;Era of the Diadochi&quot; list, but also because I wanted a coin from Susa and liked that it was (probably) Alexander&#039;s lifetime. Koinos coins are semi-rare at auction and I honestly put what I thought was a lowball bid on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1347633[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Kassander, 305-298 BC.</b> AE (Bronze, 18 mm, 6.09 g, 11 h), Amphipolis (?). McClean 3553. SNG München 1030</p><p><br /></p><p>I already have a coin attributed to Kassander, but I recently realized my other coin can be attributed to Pleistarchos - Kassander&#039;s brother who briefly ruled in Caria. As I was about to bid on a Pleistarchos drachma in another auction, I did some research and learned that I already owned one. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I could have just attributed my coin to both, but as Kassander bronzes are typically not expensive, I grabbed this one. I actually like the design of this one more than the more typical Philip-style horse and rider. My other Kassander is the helmet variety, a lower denomination of which was also in this auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1347632[/ATTACH] </p><p><b><i>Eupolemos</i>, circa 295-280 BC.</b> AE (Bronze, 19 mm, 4.15 g, 12 h). HN online 243. SNG Keckman 223-4. SNG von Aulock 2378.</p><p><br /></p><p>I actually already have a half-unit of the same design, but it&#039;s in poor shape and I wanted something where the three shields are more visible. This therefore becomes my first coin upgrade, though I don&#039;t plan to sell my other one since it&#039;s a different denomination.</p><p><br /></p><p>Overall, I&#039;m very happy with my haul, though my budget is now shot for the year.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s see everyone else&#039;s Leu wins![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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