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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kirispupis, post: 8085493, member: 118780&quot;]Thought I&#039;d show the latest coins I picked up. </p><p><br /></p><p>Until recently, this was my darkest secret. Yes, in my collection of &quot;Philip II, Alexander III, and the Era of the Diadochi&quot;, I didn&#039;t have a coin attributed to Darius III. Yes. I didn&#039;t have a coin from Alexander&#039;s primary antagonist.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of you may point out that I still don&#039;t have one, since many attribute this no later that Ataxerxes III. Well, that&#039;s close enough for me. I held out until I found one with decent details.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404722[/ATTACH]</p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Achaemenid Kings of Persia</font></font></p><p><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4"><p style="text-align: center">AR-Siglos 5.6 gm, 15mm</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Sardis. c. 375-340 BCE</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Obv: King r., dagger and bow. Rev: Incuse rectangle</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Carradice Type IV C (pl.14, 49); BMC Arabia pl. 27, 19</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Ex Akropolis Coins ([USER=99412]@PeteB[/USER])</p><p></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p>Dionysios was the second husband of Amastris. He was also the ultimate player in the ancient game of thrones, first striking an alliance with Kleopatra of Macedon (Alexander&#039;s sister), then playing nice with Antigonos I Monophthalmos. Legend has it that he died from extreme obesity.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404721[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">BITHYNIA, Herakleia Pontika.</font></font></p><p><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4"><p style="text-align: center">Dionysios, 337-305 BCE</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">AR Drachm 4.4 gm, 12h, 18mm</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Obv: Head of young Dionysos, left. Rev: Naked Herakles erecting a trophy.</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">SNG.vAul.6936</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Ex Akropolis Coins([USER=99412]@PeteB[/USER]) </p><p></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p>I must admit to having passed up multiple Autophradates coins because I didn&#039;t realize he played a significant part against Alexander III. I thought he was too old at that time, but he led the entire Persian fleet.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404720[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Autophradates, Satrap of Lydia</font></font></p><p><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4"><p style="text-align: center">392-388 BCE; Satrap of Ionia and Lydia, 380-355 BCE.</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">AE 10 mm, 1.3 gm</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Obv: Head right, wearing satrapal headdress.</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Rev: Grain ear and Monoskelis.</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">W.Weiser, NNB 9, 199 17; Winzer 11.8</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Ex Gitbud Naumann</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Ex Praefectus Coins</p><p></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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