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<p>[QUOTE="kirispupis, post: 8079314, member: 118780"]Hello everyone! As I mentioned in my <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-top-10-for-2021-first-top-10.389733/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-top-10-for-2021-first-top-10.389733/">previous</a> top 10 list, this has been a great first year of collecting. I thought I'd create a separate list of my favorite bronzes, since it isn't fair for them to compete against the shinier tets, even though most of these are far rarer.</p><p><br /></p><p>#1 Pleistarchos/Kassander</p><p>Although the type is relatively common, this is one of the best examples I've come across. I originally attributed it to Kassander, but it was probably minted by one of his generals, Pleistarchos. It seems to advertise "Kassander - certified bad ass."</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402673[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Kassander, 305-298 BC. AE</font></font></p><p><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4"><p style="text-align: center">Struck under Pleistarchos 301-298 BCE</p><p></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p>#2 Macedonian interregnum</p><p>This isn't a rare coin by any means, but I love the look of the gorgon(?) in the center. This was minted during a troubling time and he just has the look of "blech!"</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402675[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Macedonian Interregnum</font></font></p><p><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4"><p style="text-align: center">Macedonian mint 288-277 BCE</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">3.95 g Sear 6781</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Ex Numiscorner</p><p></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p>#3 Uranopolis/Alexarchos</p><p>Alexarchos has to be the most interesting guy during the Hellenistic age that we know so little about. Supposedly he was the wacko (but Kassander's wacko brother) who insisted the entire town follow a religion and language that he made up. He may have been the first Trekkie. The coin itself is also notable because Aphrodite is sitting on a celestial sphere.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402676[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Macedon, Uranopolis c. 300 BCE. </font></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Æ 15mm, 3.33g</font></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Star of eight rays. R/ Aphrodite Urania, holding sceptre, seated slightly l. on globe. </font></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">SNG ANS 914-8; AMNG III.2, 4; HGC 3.1, 607</font></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Ex London Ancient Coins</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p>#4 Demetrios I Poliorketes</p><p>I wrote a specific <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-new-coin-and-some-wild-speculation.386241/#post-7883947" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-new-coin-and-some-wild-speculation.386241/#post-7883947">post </a>on this coin. Not only is it quite rare, it's also among the very few who reference both Demetrios and Lysimachos, let alone Demetrios in action.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402681[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Demetrios I Poliorketes</font></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">AE 18 mm, 5.20 g, 6 h</font></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">uncertain mint in Macedon or Greece (?)</font></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">circa 300 BCE </font></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Prow to left. Rev. ΔΗΜ / ΒΑΣΙ Demetrios on horseback galloping left, hurling spear; to left, forepart of a lion right. </font></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">HGC 3, 1024. Newell 179 and pl. XVII, 18. SNG Alpha Bank -. SNG München -. </font></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Ex Leu</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p>#5 Eupolemos</p><p>This is the only coin in my entire collection that's an upgrade (technically not - my other Eupolemos is a smaller denomination). I would love to know the reason for including three shields, but for now I'll just have to enjoy getting three shields for the price of one!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402683[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Eupolemos</font></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">AE 19 mm, 4.15 g, 12 h</font></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Three overlapping Macedonian shields with spearheads in the center. Rev. ΕΥΠΟ / ΛΕΜΟΥ Sword in a sheath with strap; in left field, monogram. </font></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">HN online 243. SNG Keckman 223-4. SNG von Aulock 2378</font></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Ex Leu</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p>#6 Memnon of Rhodes</p><p>Alexander the Great's fiercest enemy's coins are difficult to come by, and this one's in relatively great condition. I recently read a novel about him. He's the classic hero-antagonist.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402684[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Memnon of Roads</font></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Æ 8 mm, 0.62</font></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Ex Savoca</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p>#7 Olbia</p><p>Because dolphins are awesome</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402685[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Scythia, Olbia</font></font></p><p><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4"><p style="text-align: center">Cast dolphin</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">AE 25 mm, 1.50g</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Ex Savoca</p><p></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p>#8 Eurydikeia</p><p>The original spoiled Thracian girl, she was the daughter of Lysimachos and married Kassander's son Antipater II. Both were so annoying that first Demetrios Poliorketes booted them, then they yapped so much Lysimachos eventually executed both.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402686[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Ionia, Smyrna (as Eurydikeia) </font></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">AE 9mm. 0.54g </font></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Circa 290-287/1 BCE. </font></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Veiled head of Eurydike to right / Tripod, [Ε]ΥΡΥΔΙΚΕΩΝ to left. </font></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Milne, Autonomous 5; SNG Copenhagen 1105. 0.54g, 9mm, 6h</font></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Ex Nick Collins Collection</font></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Ex Numismatik Lanz München</font></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Ex Roma</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p>#9 Alexander I Molossos</p><p>Rescued from the trash, this extremely rare bronze was minted by Alexander the Great's brother-in-law in Italy. It was at his wedding with Alexander's sister that Philip II was assassinated. The coin was previously owned by Markus Robert Weder, who worked for the British Museum.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402688[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Alexander the Molossian</font></font></p><p><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4"><p style="text-align: center">Bruttium, Croton 334-331 BCE</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">AE 12mm 3.37g</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Attianese, Calabria Graeca, 267,510</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Ex Collection of M. Weder</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Ex Münzen & Medaillen GmbH</p><p></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p>#10 Teres II</p><p>I'm not sure whether these Thracian kings were fatsos, or they just loved fat coins. This thing weighs almost as much as a tet but is barely the size of a Denarius. From reading, these were mostly vanity coins. They used Philip silver/gold and issues from other cities for most economic purposes.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402700[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Teres II 350-341 BCE</font></font></p><p><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4"><p style="text-align: center">AE 13.48g</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Jurukova, Thracians, Tf. IX, 59 HGC 1712</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Doppelaxt / Weinstock mit 4 Trauben</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Ex Dr. Busso Peus</p><p></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kirispupis, post: 8079314, member: 118780"]Hello everyone! As I mentioned in my [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-top-10-for-2021-first-top-10.389733/']previous[/URL] top 10 list, this has been a great first year of collecting. I thought I'd create a separate list of my favorite bronzes, since it isn't fair for them to compete against the shinier tets, even though most of these are far rarer. #1 Pleistarchos/Kassander Although the type is relatively common, this is one of the best examples I've come across. I originally attributed it to Kassander, but it was probably minted by one of his generals, Pleistarchos. It seems to advertise "Kassander - certified bad ass." [ATTACH=full]1402673[/ATTACH] [CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4]Kassander, 305-298 BC. AE[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] [FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][CENTER]Struck under Pleistarchos 301-298 BCE[/CENTER][/SIZE][/FONT] #2 Macedonian interregnum This isn't a rare coin by any means, but I love the look of the gorgon(?) in the center. This was minted during a troubling time and he just has the look of "blech!" [ATTACH=full]1402675[/ATTACH] [CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4]Macedonian Interregnum[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] [FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][CENTER]Macedonian mint 288-277 BCE 3.95 g Sear 6781 Ex Numiscorner[/CENTER][/SIZE][/FONT] #3 Uranopolis/Alexarchos Alexarchos has to be the most interesting guy during the Hellenistic age that we know so little about. Supposedly he was the wacko (but Kassander's wacko brother) who insisted the entire town follow a religion and language that he made up. He may have been the first Trekkie. The coin itself is also notable because Aphrodite is sitting on a celestial sphere. [ATTACH=full]1402676[/ATTACH] [CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4]Macedon, Uranopolis c. 300 BCE. Æ 15mm, 3.33g Star of eight rays. R/ Aphrodite Urania, holding sceptre, seated slightly l. on globe. SNG ANS 914-8; AMNG III.2, 4; HGC 3.1, 607 Ex London Ancient Coins[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] #4 Demetrios I Poliorketes I wrote a specific [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-new-coin-and-some-wild-speculation.386241/#post-7883947']post [/URL]on this coin. Not only is it quite rare, it's also among the very few who reference both Demetrios and Lysimachos, let alone Demetrios in action. [ATTACH=full]1402681[/ATTACH] [CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4]Demetrios I Poliorketes AE 18 mm, 5.20 g, 6 h uncertain mint in Macedon or Greece (?) circa 300 BCE Prow to left. Rev. 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 -. Ex Leu[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] #5 Eupolemos This is the only coin in my entire collection that's an upgrade (technically not - my other Eupolemos is a smaller denomination). I would love to know the reason for including three shields, but for now I'll just have to enjoy getting three shields for the price of one! [ATTACH=full]1402683[/ATTACH] [CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4]Eupolemos AE 19 mm, 4.15 g, 12 h Three overlapping Macedonian shields with spearheads in the center. Rev. ΕΥΠΟ / ΛΕΜΟΥ Sword in a sheath with strap; in left field, monogram. HN online 243. SNG Keckman 223-4. SNG von Aulock 2378 Ex Leu[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] #6 Memnon of Rhodes Alexander the Great's fiercest enemy's coins are difficult to come by, and this one's in relatively great condition. I recently read a novel about him. He's the classic hero-antagonist. [ATTACH=full]1402684[/ATTACH] [CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4]Memnon of Roads Æ 8 mm, 0.62 Ex Savoca[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] #7 Olbia Because dolphins are awesome [ATTACH=full]1402685[/ATTACH] [CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4]Scythia, Olbia[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] [FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][CENTER]Cast dolphin AE 25 mm, 1.50g Ex Savoca[/CENTER][/SIZE][/FONT] #8 Eurydikeia The original spoiled Thracian girl, she was the daughter of Lysimachos and married Kassander's son Antipater II. Both were so annoying that first Demetrios Poliorketes booted them, then they yapped so much Lysimachos eventually executed both. [ATTACH=full]1402686[/ATTACH] [CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4]Ionia, Smyrna (as Eurydikeia) AE 9mm. 0.54g Circa 290-287/1 BCE. Veiled head of Eurydike to right / Tripod, [Ε]ΥΡΥΔΙΚΕΩΝ to left. Milne, Autonomous 5; SNG Copenhagen 1105. 0.54g, 9mm, 6h Ex Nick Collins Collection Ex Numismatik Lanz München Ex Roma[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] #9 Alexander I Molossos Rescued from the trash, this extremely rare bronze was minted by Alexander the Great's brother-in-law in Italy. It was at his wedding with Alexander's sister that Philip II was assassinated. The coin was previously owned by Markus Robert Weder, who worked for the British Museum. [ATTACH=full]1402688[/ATTACH] [CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4]Alexander the Molossian[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] [FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][CENTER]Bruttium, Croton 334-331 BCE AE 12mm 3.37g Attianese, Calabria Graeca, 267,510 Ex Collection of M. Weder Ex Münzen & Medaillen GmbH[/CENTER][/SIZE][/FONT] #10 Teres II I'm not sure whether these Thracian kings were fatsos, or they just loved fat coins. This thing weighs almost as much as a tet but is barely the size of a Denarius. From reading, these were mostly vanity coins. They used Philip silver/gold and issues from other cities for most economic purposes. [ATTACH=full]1402700[/ATTACH] [CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4]Teres II 350-341 BCE[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] [FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=4][CENTER]AE 13.48g Jurukova, Thracians, Tf. IX, 59 HGC 1712 Doppelaxt / Weinstock mit 4 Trauben Ex Dr. Busso Peus[/CENTER][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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