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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kirispupis, post: 8063741, member: 118780&quot;]Recently, I ordered two coins that are important for my &quot;Philip II, Alexander III, and the Era of the Diadochi&quot; collection. The seller was in Germany, so I figured they&#039;d take a bit to get here. Yet after only a bit more than a week, I was surprised to see that the package had arrived when I checked it from work.</p><p><br /></p><p>I couldn&#039;t wait for the day to end, but when I arrived, I couldn&#039;t find the package. Where was it? Could they have accidentally left it with a neighbor?</p><p><br /></p><p>Going back, I&#039;d used PayPal to purchase the coins. Some time ago, one of my sons had renamed the account to himself when he used it to sell sports cards on eBay. So, when the package arrived, it had his name on it, so he thought it was for him - even though he hadn&#039;t ordered anything from Germany.</p><p><br /></p><p>He opened it up, didn&#039;t find anything other than a piece of cardboard, then noticed the German label and realized it was for me, so he left everything on the kitchen table.</p><p><br /></p><p>My wife then noticed an open envelope with a piece of cardboard on the table, and threw it away.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once we figured this out, we went with a flashlight to the trash and luckily it wasn&#039;t garbage day, so we found it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m very happy to receive these coins, as they&#039;re both rare, not cheap, and would have taken some effort to replace.</p><p><br /></p><p>Amatokos II was a contemporary of Philip II, and was involved in a lot of intrigue between Philip and his rival Kersebleptes. He&#039;s also believed to be the father of Teres II, whose coin looks similar.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1397866[/ATTACH] </p><p>Amatokos II</p><p>King of Thrace 359-351 BCE</p><p>AE 14.55g</p><p>Topalov 2003, 105 (S. 244) Kratzer auf Rv.</p><p>Ex Ex Münzen &amp; Medaillen GmbH</p><p><br /></p><p>Alexander I Molossos was the brother in law of Alexander the Great, through Alexander III&#039;s sister Kleopatra. It was during this wedding that Philip II was assassinated. In 334 BCE, Alexander I embarked on a campaign in Lucania, where he was killed in 331 BCE. This coin comes from that campaign.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1397867[/ATTACH] </p><p>Alexander the Molossian</p><p>Bruttium, Croton 334-340 BCE</p><p>AE 12mm 3.37g</p><p>Attianese, Calabria Graeca, 267,510</p><p>Ex Collection of M. Weder</p><p>Ex Münzen &amp; Medaillen GmbH</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to share your own horror stories or similar near misses![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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