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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2250594, member: 56859&quot;]Awesome pedigree <b>and</b> a rare coin! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d like to have more coins with forum friend provenances.&nbsp; One of these days I&#039;d like to pick up an ex [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER]. Wouldn&#039;t mind a [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] Nabataean either.&nbsp; Perhaps [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] will sell or trade something from his recent phenomenal mixed lot.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am fortunate to have three ex [USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER] coins though... definitely among the top coins in my collection!&nbsp; This ATG tetradrachm is on its way to me right now.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_11183a0ec99f48bd9c4c99b40a89e3d2.jpg_srb_p_800_500_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!kings-of-macedon-alexander-iii/c1a0j" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!kings-of-macedon-alexander-iii/c1a0j" rel="nofollow">KINGS OF MACEDON, Alexander III</a></b></p><p>AR tetradrachm, 17.14 gm</p><p>late lifetime issue, struck in Aradus c. 324/3 BCE</p><p>Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.</p><p>Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ;&nbsp; Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; I in left field; AP monogram below throne</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Price 3325</p><p><i><b>ex Colosseo Collection (images by Colosseo Collection)</b></i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_14f8b1f0dff14427a8ed38e60769bc9b.jpg_srb_p_1000_625_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!kings-of-macedon-philip-ii-tetradrachm/c13eb" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!kings-of-macedon-philip-ii-tetradrachm/c13eb" rel="nofollow">KINGS OF MACEDON, Philip II</a></b></p><p>AR tetradrachm.&nbsp; 24mm, 14.20 gm, 12h</p><p>Lifetime issue of Pella, 342-336 BCE</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Laureate head of Zeus right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, youth, holding palm and reins, on horseback right, thunderbolt below, N in exergue</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Le Rider 222-306. SNG ANS 385-95</p><p>Deeply struck and beautifully toned. NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 3/5, Fine Style.</p><p><b><i>ex Colosseo Collection</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_e3dcf4a6e24546dea0dbed06fe9ddb4a.jpg_srb_p_1000_517_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b><a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!septimius-severus-denarius/c1l3r" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!septimius-severus-denarius/c1l3r" rel="nofollow">Septimius Severus</a></b></p><p>Rome,&nbsp; CE 206</p><p>AR denarius, 3.41 gm, 20 mm, 12h</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; LAETITIA TEMPORVM, the spina of the Circus Maximus decorated as a ship facing left, with the turning posts at its prow and stern, a sail mounted on the central obelisk, and the spina&#039;s other monuments visible in between; above the ship, four quadrigas racing left; below, seven animals: an ostrich at left and a bear at right; between them a lion and a lioness chasing a wild ass and a panther attacking a bison</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; RIC 274; BMC 343.</p><p><i><b>ex Colosseo Collection</b></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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