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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 8284276, member: 91461&quot;]Nice MSC [USER=93702]@Clavdivs[/USER]</p><p>The patina on these is always surreal and yours is no exception <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>A wildly successful weekend at last week&#039;s Savoca with rarities, beauties and cuties:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1463421[/ATTACH]</p><p>Alexander III ‘the Great’</p><p>336-323 BC. Æ 12 mm (3.62 g). Uncertain mint. Struck circa 325-310 BC. Shield with thunderbolt in central boss and five double crescents divided by groups of five pellets around / Macedonian helmet; crayfish below. A particularly rare symbol. Price 418. Purchased March 2022 from Savoca Auctions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1463422[/ATTACH]</p><p>Philip V.</p><p>221-179 BC. Æ (12mm, 2.10 g, 7h). Pella or Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 211-201 BC. Macedonian shield, boss decorated with head of the hero Perseus right, wearing Phyrgian cap, Countermark of Herm to right/ Macedonian helmet facing. Mamroth, Bronzemünzen 9; Touratsoglou, Macedonia 7; HGC 3, 1087. Rare and maybe unique example with C/M. Purchased March 2022 from Savoca Auctions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1463423[/ATTACH]</p><p>Perseus</p><p>179-168 BC. Æ (12mm, 4.88 g). Pella or Amphipolis mint. Macedonian shield, boss decorated with whorl / Harpa right; ΠEP monogram and star below. AMNG III/2, 12; HGC 3, 110. VF, earthen dark green patina. Rare. Purchased March 2022 from Savoca Auctions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1463424[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1463425[/ATTACH]</p><p>Alexander III - Philip III</p><p>Ca. 325-310 B.C. AE half unit (16 mm, 3.97 g). Uncertain Macedonian mint. Macedonian shield with boss decorated with thunderbolt / B-A, Macedonian helmet w/ half circle and pellet below. Liampi 71. Purchased March 2022 from Savoca Auctions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1463426[/ATTACH]</p><p>Alexander III &#039;the Great&#039;</p><p>(336-323 BC). Ae Half Unit. Uncertain mint in Asia. Obv: Macedonian shield with pellet on boss. Rev: Macedonian helmet. Control: Grain ear to left, K to right. Price 2072. Condition: Nearly Very fine. Weight: 3.58 g. Diameter: 15 mm. Purchased March 2022 from Savoca Auctions</p><p>+</p><p>Bonus ebay coin<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>How could I pass on not one but two gorgons<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie93" alt=":troll:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie93" alt=":troll:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1463435[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1463434[/ATTACH] </p><p>Philip III Arrhidaios </p><p>323-317 BC. Æ Half Unit (18mm, 3.5 g, 12h). Miletos(?) mint. Struck under Asandros, circa 323-319 BC. Macedonian shield; gorgoneion on boss / Macedonian helmet; rose to left. Price 2070. VF. Purchased from BluePhoenix63 March 2022[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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