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<p>[QUOTE="kirispupis, post: 8089323, member: 118780"]Sure! Here are the two Kassander issues I have. The first I attributed to his brother Pleistarchos.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even better, I believe I located and procured a coin of Philip IV! I won't say much more until I have the coin in hand, but from some research I believe that most of the coins listed at auction for Philip IV aren't his, and that mine was misattributed to Philip II but is actually Philip IV. I'm also wondering if this coin may help me locate an Alexander V, since the mint mark could be the same.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1405831[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1405832[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>One thing I wonder: why are scholar so sure Kassander's coinage ended at his death in 297 BCE? Since Antipater I and Alexander V were co-rulers, wouldn't it kind of piss Antipater off to put "Alexander" on the coins? "Philip" would also be awkward, since that was their brother's name. If I were them, I would just keep minting their fathers' bronzes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kirispupis, post: 8089323, member: 118780"]Sure! Here are the two Kassander issues I have. The first I attributed to his brother Pleistarchos. Even better, I believe I located and procured a coin of Philip IV! I won't say much more until I have the coin in hand, but from some research I believe that most of the coins listed at auction for Philip IV aren't his, and that mine was misattributed to Philip II but is actually Philip IV. I'm also wondering if this coin may help me locate an Alexander V, since the mint mark could be the same. [ATTACH=full]1405831[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1405832[/ATTACH] One thing I wonder: why are scholar so sure Kassander's coinage ended at his death in 297 BCE? Since Antipater I and Alexander V were co-rulers, wouldn't it kind of piss Antipater off to put "Alexander" on the coins? "Philip" would also be awkward, since that was their brother's name. If I were them, I would just keep minting their fathers' bronzes.[/QUOTE]
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