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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 8319960, member: 91461&quot;]Pretty sure most of my coins come from the end of the first Punic war...jk.</p><p>I LOVE the big papa typeearly RRs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nearest I can get with any certainty would be:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1473482[/ATTACH] </p><p>ROMAN REPUBLIC. Anonymous. AE Aes Grave Triens (47mm, 92.37 gms), Rome Mint, ca. 225-217 B.C. VERY FINE.</p><p>Cr-35/3a; TV-53. Obverse: Helmeted head of Minerva left; four pellets (mark of value) below; all set upon raised disk; Reverse: Prow right; four pellets (mark of value) below; all set upon raised disk. A pleasing specimen despite its crudeness, with charming green surfaces. A test cut across Minerva&#039;s face is noted for completeness.</p><p><br /></p><p>During this time:</p><p><br /></p><p>The Antigonid dynasty was strong, repelling invaders and a safe bet... for another generation or two:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1473481[/ATTACH] </p><p>Antigonos II Gonatas - Demetrios II Aitolikos, 277/6-239 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 31 mm, 16.78 g, 5 h), Amphipolis, circa 246/5-229. Horned head of Pan to left, wearing goat&#039;s skin around his neck and with lagobolon behind; all within the center of a Macedonian shield adorned with stars and crescents. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIΓONOΥ Athena Alkidemos striding to left, hurling thunderbolt with her upraised right hand and holding shield with her left; in field to left, Macedonian helmet with transverse crest; in field to right, monogram of HΛ. Panagopoulou Period III, Group 10, 52 (011/R - but similar to R50). SNG Ashmolean 3258. Well centered. Purchased from Herakles Numismatics May 2021</p><p><br /></p><p>There was still a &quot;good&quot; Ptolemy in the Pharoas:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1473480[/ATTACH] </p><p>Ptolemy III Euergetes</p><p>246-222 BC. Æ Tetrobol (40mm, 46.3 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Series 4. Struck 246-230 BC. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, head right, with filleted cornucopia over shoulder; Λ between legs. Svoronos 1166 (Ptolemy IV); Weiser 87-8 (Ptolemy IV); SNG Copenhagen 220-1 (Ptolemy IV); Noeske –. VF, reddish-brown surfaces. Purchased from RDA Jan 2022</p><p><br /></p><p>To the east:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1473479[/ATTACH] </p><p>Seleukos II Kallinikos </p><p>Seleukid Kingdom. 246-226 B.C. AE 15 (15.43 mm, 3.55 g, 11 h). mint of Sardes. Head of Hercules right wearing lion-skin headdress, paws tied at neck, countermark of either Gorgon or Seleukid anchor / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ, legend vertically downward to right and left of naked Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and grounded bow; monogram in outer left and Σ in outer right field. . SNG Spaer pl. 29, 443-4; HGC 9, 344.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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