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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kirispupis, post: 8080934, member: 118780&quot;]Thanks Pavlos! I hope I don&#039;t regret putting this on a public forum, but there&#039;s one coin from Epeiros that I&#039;m desperate to obtain, except I&#039;m unsure if it exists. Maybe you would know.</p><p><br /></p><p>From some reading, I understand the below to be true.</p><ul> <li>All silver coins from Alexander I Molossos were minted in Italy as part of his campaigns. My bronze was also minted there (Bruttium).</li> <li>However, there <i>were</i> bronze coins minted in Epeiros at this time, at least according to one source.</li> <li>Alexander I died in 331 BCE.</li> <li>Kleopatra remained in Epeiros until roughly 322 BCE, when she accepted a proposal from Leonnatos, who died in battle before their union.</li> <li>From 331 BCE to 322 BCE, Kleopatra was the effective ruler of Epeiros.</li> <li>Therefore, any bronze coin minted in Epeiros during this time can be attributed to her.</li> </ul><p>However, I haven&#039;t found any reference, let alone sale, of a coin attributable to this period. Research has uncovered differing opinions about whether Epeiros minted anything during this period.</p><p><br /></p><p>Along with Olympias and Eurydike (Philip III&#039;s wife - not Lysimachos&#039; daughter), Kleopatra is one of the major women during this era and I&#039;d love to pick up coins attributed to any of them.</p><ul> <li>Eurydike pretty much controlled Philip III, so really any of his coins is hers.</li> <li>If Kleopatra <i>can</i> be attributed by a copy of the coin above, that would be incredible. Otherwise, I&#039;ve been tempted to pick up a coin from Sardis during her confinement there, but that would be cheating since she had absolutely no minting authority then.</li> <li>Olympias is a tougher challenge. Probably the closest thing for her would be those attributed to Polyperchon.</li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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