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Message:: [QUOTE="kirispupis, post: 8119538, member: 118780"]Very nice coin! There definitely seems to be an uptick recently in interest in Axum. Yours is a great example. To my complete surprise, I had tremendous success this Leu auction. I wasn't too optimistic going in, since I was shut out of the previous CNG and Roma auctions, and Leu is known for aggressive bidders. I carefully targeted six coins - and won all six! Even more, only one reached my max bid. Here are a few: I probably paid a bit too much for this one, but it has nice details to the hippocamp - which was my priority. I'd lost out on the past several attempts. [ATTACH=full]1413479[/ATTACH] PHOENICIA. Tyre. ‘Uzzimilk, circa 349-332 BC. Shekel (Silver, 20 mm, 8.21 g, 12 h), RY 10 = 340/39 BC. Deity, holding reins in his right hand and bow in his left, riding hippocamp to right above two lines of waves; below, dolphin right. Rev. Owl standing right, head facing; crook and flail in background; to right, date and ' (in Phoenician). DCA 918. E&E-T 1146-8. HGC 10, 349. This was my #1 target for the auction. Agathokles (son of Lysimachos) coins are tough to come by, and this one is in great condition for the type. Soon, I should have all the children of Lysimachos who have coins - Agathokles, Eurydike, and Ptolemy Epigonos (sadly stuck in Paris for the last two weeks). [ATTACH=full]1413482[/ATTACH] KINGS OF THRACE. Agathokles, son of Lysimachos, circa 290s-283/2 BC. AE (Bronze, 13 mm, 1.90 g, 11 h), Adramyteion. Laureate head of Apollo to right. Rev. AΓA-ΘO Double-bodied owl standing facing. HGC 3 -. Terin Series 7, 8. This was issued by Menalaus, brother of Ptolemy I, in Salamis Cyprus. It was the only coin to reach my max at auction, and that was most likely due to the interesting overstrike. I find it curious why they would overstrike an existing tet vs just using it.[ATTACH=full]1413487[/ATTACH] KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’, 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 17.11 g, 12 h), Salamis, struck under Ptolemy I as satrap, circa 315-306. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left, monogram and rudder; below throne, monogram of ΠE. Price 3165. Interestingly, this coin was overstruck on another Alexander tetradrachm. On the obverse, one can still discern 'ΣΙΛ' for ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, while the reverse clearly shows the manes of the lion's scalp. I honestly had never heard of this Odrysian king before the auction. At first I thought maybe Demetrios I Poliorketes had for some reason minted Odrysian coinage, but through research I learned that there was a different king active around the time of Philip II. Since I find the Odrysian kings interesting, the time period was right, and Demetrios' coins are very rare (I could find only one other example), I put a relatively low bid on it and won.[ATTACH=full]1413488[/ATTACH] KINGS OF THRACE. Odrysian. Demetrios, 4th-3rd century BC. Chalkous (Bronze, 10 mm, 1.20 g, 10 h). Laureate head of Apollo to right. Rev. [ΔΗΜΗΤ]ΡΙΟ Vessel with two handles. Peykov B0650. Rare. Light flan faults, otherwise, very fine. We know very little by Aspesias, save that he was installed by Antigonos I Monophthalmos and removed by Seleukos I Nikator. The rarest of his mintage includes his name, but I'm happy with this obol.[ATTACH=full]1413492[/ATTACH] KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’, 336-323 BC. Obol (Silver, 8.5 mm, 0.73 g, 1 h), Susa, struck under Aspesias, satrap of Susiana, circa 316-311. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. AΛEΞANΔPO[Y] Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left, wreath; below throne, K above monogram of ΠΡ. Price 3860. Nikomedes I coinage is all rare. A bunch of these types have recently been uncovered, but they're still very rare. I have an even rarer type, but it's in rough condition, so I put a lowball bid on this one and got it.[ATTACH=full]1413493[/ATTACH] KINGS OF BITHYNIA. Nikomedes I, circa 280-250 BC. AE (Bronze, 23 mm, 8.75 g, 6 h). Diademed head of Nikomedes I to right. Rev. BAΣIΛE - NIKOMH Horse prancing right; above, wreath; below foreleg, spearhead. RG 7. SNG von Aulock 242.[/QUOTE]

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