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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2233502, member: 56859&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_7b2de20fa2f9493b92586ff830e4c774.jpg_srb_p_1000_625_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles</b> </p><p>310-305 BCE</p><p>AR tetradrachm, 17.40 g, 24 mm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; head of the nymph Arethusa left, wearing grain wreath, earring and necklace; around, three dolphins; under, monogram (NK?)</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, fast chariot charioteer leads to left, holding reins and kentron; above, triskeles; in exergue, monogram</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Ierardi 12 (O2-R8); SNG Copenhagen 573 var., SNG ANS 637</p><p>The story of its acquisition is <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-adventures-in-bidland-agathokles-tetradrachm.243930/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-adventures-in-bidland-agathokles-tetradrachm.243930/">here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_14f8b1f0dff14427a8ed38e60769bc9b.jpg_srb_p_1000_625_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>KINGS OF MACEDON, Philip II</b></p><p>AR tetradrachm.&nbsp; 24mm, 14.20 gm, 12h</p><p>Lifetime issue of Pella, 342-336 BCE</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Laureate head of Zeus right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, youth, holding palm and reins, on horseback right, thunderbolt below, N in exergue</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Le Rider 222-306. SNG ANS 385-95</p><p>Formerly slabbed,&nbsp; NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 3/5, Fine Style.</p><p><i>ex Colosseo Collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_b157dcebb49041089628f4c19e4e5f65.jpg_srb_p_850_428_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><b>KINGS OF MACEDON, Antigonos II Gonatas</b> </p><p>277/6-239 BCE, struck after 270 BCE, Amphipolis mint</p><p>AR tetradrachm, 31mm, 17.06 g </p><p>Obv: head of Pan in center of Macedonian shield, lagobolon over shoulder; shield decorated with stars within crescents</p><p>Rev: BASILEWS ANTIGONOU, Athena Alkidemos walking left, brandishing thunderbolt and shield; helmet left, EMP monogram right </p><p>Ref:&nbsp; SNGCop 1200v, EMP (maybe); R. Martin, &quot;A Third-Century B.C. Hoard from Thessaly at the ANS,&quot; ANSMN 26, 536 (same obv. die).</p><p><i>ex Demetrios Armounta Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_aa8f475d6a1f49019b1ed222fe03def2.jpg_srb_p_1000_497_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>KINGS of MACEDON.&nbsp; Antigonos III Doson</b></p><p>struck 227-225 BCE, Amphipolis mint? </p><p>AR tetradrachm, 32 mm, 17.1 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; wreathed head of Poseidon right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Apollo seated left on prow left, holding bow; monogram below.</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Panagopoulou 50–3 var. (unlisted dies); EHC 436; Touratsoglou 52–3; SNG Saroglos 933; SNG Alpha Bank 1046; SNG Ashmolean 3266</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_6341ecaab1e34aa7b163103eb1ecb485.jpg_srb_p_900_455_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>KINGS OF MACEDON</b></p><p>THRACE, Odessos; struck 125-70 BCE</p><p>AR tetradrachm, 33 mm, 16.7 gm</p><p>In the name and style of Alexander III &#039;the Great&#039; </p><p>Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion&#039;s skin headdress.</p><p>Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ;&nbsp; Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; ΔH left, monogram under throne.</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Price 1180 (1179?)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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