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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1934 Wreath Crown, post: 25375130, member: 76965&quot;]Hey everybody. Haven&#039;t been very active here for a very long time or purchased many coins to add to my collection but recently I might have let the buying bug take over. Let me know which three you like, if any, and why.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM</b>. Kleopatra VII &#039;Thea Neotera&#039; &amp; Ptolemy XV &#039;Caesarion&#039;.</p><p>Bronze ae26, circa 44-30 BC. <i>Uncertain Cypriot mint.</i></p><p><i>Obv: diademed head of Zeus Ammon right, with ram&#039;s horn. Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle, with closed wings, standing left on thunderbolt, palm frond over shoulder; monogram to right.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>This was a budget coin and a pure impulse buy because I didn&#039;t win the coin I really wanted. Anyway, with Cleo VII and Caesarion one can never go too wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1624422[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>PHOENICIA, TYRE.</b></p><p><i>Silver shekel, dated CY 42 = 85/4 BC.</i></p><p><i>Obv: laureate head of Melkart right. Rev: TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY, eagle standing left on prow, palm over shoulder; to left, BM (date) above club; Phoenician letter bet between legs, Δ to right.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Can&#039;t resist these......30 pieces of silver and all that. Rusted obverse dies but the price wasn&#039;t too bad either.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1624424[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>KINGDOM OF MACEDON</b>. <i>Kassander, as Regent or King.</i></p><p><i>Silver tetradrachm, 307-297. Amphipolis.</i></p><p><i>In the name and types of Philip II. Obv: laureate head of Zeus right. Rev: ΦIΛIΠΠOY, nude rider on horseback right, holding palm; Λ above torch below, monogram in lower right field.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Not a bad example of Le Rider issue</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1624425[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>SICILY, HIMERA</b>.</p><p><i>Silver didrachm, circa 483-472 BC.</i></p><p><i>Obv: Cock standing left, HIMERA before. Rev: crab within circle incuse.</i></p><p><i>Not too shabby in spite of the small die-break on obverse.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1624427[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><b>SICILY, AKRAGAS.</b></p><p><i>Silver didrachm, circa 480-470 BC.</i></p><p><i>Obv: AKPA, sea eagle standing right. Rev: crab within shallow incuse circle; CAΣ below.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>I quite liked the look of this one in spite the die crack on the reverse, across the crab&#039;s legs</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1624433[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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