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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 4694605, member: 91461&quot;]And here I thought that me having to make the Costco run for food and snacks was the greatest endeavor undertaken on this date in history!?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1154010[/ATTACH]</p><p>(Good news, they had TP and peanut butter pretzels<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p>But no, 2 of the greatest granddaddies of military victories of all time both took place on this day 122 years apart.</p><p>Philip II defeats the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, in affect taking over all of Greece and the Aegean just as the persians had tried to do 150 years previous.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1153997[/ATTACH]</p><p>(Alexander&#039;s role was pivotal to his father&#039;s victory... and vice versa)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1153996[/ATTACH]</p><p>(Despite the bust, it was an eye and not his nose that Philip II was missing<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>And then just 122 years later the Carthaginians with Hannibal, massively outnumbered, encircled and destroyed a Roman army at the Battle of Cannae.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1153998[/ATTACH]</p><p>(When nearly 100,000 Roman&#039;s and pals show up, just give them a hug. And by hug I mean completely surround them and hack 85% of them to bits)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1154000[/ATTACH]</p><p>(Actual ancient footage of Hannibal after the massacre aaand possibly single greatest military victory of all time. He had just finished a breakfast of farva beans and a nice chianti... and Roman brains!)</p><p><br /></p><p>With so much coinage from these times I doubt it will be hard to celebrate these two engagements in the same thread.</p><p>We&#039;ll start with the most dynamic father son duo in history:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1154002[/ATTACH]</p><p>Philip II.</p><p>KINGS OF MACEDON. Unit (Bronze, 18 mm, 5.57 g, 12 h), uncertain mint in Macedon. Diademed head of Apollo to right. Rev. ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ Youth on horseback to right; below, NI. SNG Copenhagen 582ff var. (different symbol). SNG München 210. Beautiful light green patina.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1154001[/ATTACH]</p><p>Alexander III the Great</p><p>336-323 B.C. AE 20 (19.5 mm, 5.74 g). Uncertain mint in Western Asia Minor, ca. 323-310 B.C. Head of Alexander the Great as Hercules right, wearing the lion-skin headdress / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, bow in bow-case above and club, the weapons of Hercules; torch in field below.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1154006[/ATTACH]</p><p>Punic Domain, Carthage Sicily(?),</p><p>Bronze, c. 350-320 BC; AE (g 4,40; mm 17; h 12); Palm-tree, linear border, Rv. Head of horse r., linear border. MAA 20; SNG Copenhagen 102.</p><p>Dark patina.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1154008[/ATTACH]</p><p>Carthaginian Domain, Sicily</p><p>c. 4th-3rd cent. BC. ’ (17mm, 2.7g, 3h). Wreathed head of Tanit l. R/ Horse standing r. before palm tree. SNG Copenhagen 1117-9 (Zeugitania).</p><p>Former: lorddeibi6</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1154009[/ATTACH]</p><p>ROMAN REPUBLIC. Anonymous. AE Aes Grave Triens (92.37 gms), Rome Mint, ca. 225-217 B.C. VERY FINE.</p><p>Cr-35/3a; TV-53. Obverse: Helmeted head of Minerva left; four pellets (mark of value) below; all set upon raised disk; Reverse: Prow right; four pellets (mark of value) below; all set upon raised disk. A pleasing specimen despite its crudeness, with charming green surfaces. A test cut across Minerva&#039;s face is noted for completeness.</p><p>Ex Stacks &amp; Bowers</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]86URGgqONvA[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>So, what&#039;s the bigger victory? And what are your favorite coins that remind of these two earth shattering victories?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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