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<p>[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7315691, member: 86498"]Last week was something of a marathon for me. Not only did I have to get up really really early in the morning<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie104" alt=":yawn:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> to monitor both the Kunker Auction (bid on 2 no wins)<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> and the Roma Auction (bid on 8 same dismal results)<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> but the excellent ANS seminar which for me started at 6 AM.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie104" alt=":yawn:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> For me that meant I had to get up a 5 AM to get breakfast.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie40" alt=":dead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Okay another highlight was that my copy of Roma Auction XXI arrived about an hour after the auction ended. (Perfect) However when I came back from drowning my sorrows in chocolate<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I found that I had received two books that i had ordered one of them is this one[ATTACH=full]1278613[/ATTACH]This book was supposed to have come out at the end of 2019 and was going to cover the coinage of both Antigonos II Gonatas as well as Antigonos III Doson, as well as shedding light on the coinage of Demetrios II Aetolikos. Never heard of this guy? Well he reigned for about 10 years between Gonatas and Doson and there is no coins in his name. This book has something like 388 pages as well as 63 plates is a detailed die study of this rather complicated coinage. I did mention this in a previous post that my Gonatas has become a Doson.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Antigonos III Doson Ar Tetradrachm 229-221/0 BC Obv Macedonian shield emblazoned with head of Pan left. Rv. Athena Alkidomos advancing left brandishing thunderbolt and holding shield out before her. In left field winged helmet facing. to right TI over KT Monogram. Panagopoulou Period 4 Group 2/16 17.17 grms 30 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1278615[/ATTACH]So what do I think. To be fair I have not finished reading the book and I have only skimmed some of the relevant chapters. I think this die study will the the benchmark for many years to come and represents an important advance in our understanding of this coinage. Like "The Coinage in the Name of Alexander The Great and Philip Arrhidaeus" by Martin Price, this book will spark new investigations and debate in the coinage of the Kingdom of Macedon. As to her conclusions. Only time will tell. The coinage of the Macedonian Kings reminds me of a quote about the Missouri River "too thick to drink too thin to plow." The new arrangement as suggested in this book does make some sense but again..... </p><p>Speaking of which I just saw this[ATTACH=full]1278621[/ATTACH]The more things change the more they stay the same <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7315691, member: 86498"]Last week was something of a marathon for me. Not only did I have to get up really really early in the morning:yawn: to monitor both the Kunker Auction (bid on 2 no wins):banghead: and the Roma Auction (bid on 8 same dismal results):banghead::banghead::banghead: but the excellent ANS seminar which for me started at 6 AM.:yawn: For me that meant I had to get up a 5 AM to get breakfast.:dead: Okay another highlight was that my copy of Roma Auction XXI arrived about an hour after the auction ended. (Perfect) However when I came back from drowning my sorrows in chocolate:) I found that I had received two books that i had ordered one of them is this one[ATTACH=full]1278613[/ATTACH]This book was supposed to have come out at the end of 2019 and was going to cover the coinage of both Antigonos II Gonatas as well as Antigonos III Doson, as well as shedding light on the coinage of Demetrios II Aetolikos. Never heard of this guy? Well he reigned for about 10 years between Gonatas and Doson and there is no coins in his name. This book has something like 388 pages as well as 63 plates is a detailed die study of this rather complicated coinage. I did mention this in a previous post that my Gonatas has become a Doson.:eek: Antigonos III Doson Ar Tetradrachm 229-221/0 BC Obv Macedonian shield emblazoned with head of Pan left. Rv. Athena Alkidomos advancing left brandishing thunderbolt and holding shield out before her. In left field winged helmet facing. to right TI over KT Monogram. Panagopoulou Period 4 Group 2/16 17.17 grms 30 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1278615[/ATTACH]So what do I think. To be fair I have not finished reading the book and I have only skimmed some of the relevant chapters. I think this die study will the the benchmark for many years to come and represents an important advance in our understanding of this coinage. Like "The Coinage in the Name of Alexander The Great and Philip Arrhidaeus" by Martin Price, this book will spark new investigations and debate in the coinage of the Kingdom of Macedon. As to her conclusions. Only time will tell. The coinage of the Macedonian Kings reminds me of a quote about the Missouri River "too thick to drink too thin to plow." The new arrangement as suggested in this book does make some sense but again..... Speaking of which I just saw this[ATTACH=full]1278621[/ATTACH]The more things change the more they stay the same o_O[/QUOTE]
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