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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4543774, member: 85693"]Nice pickups Claudivs - I was eyeing that Valerian.</p><p><br /></p><p>Virtually everything I buy is inexpensive - the "bargains" keep my budget fully occupied. Just recently I got a lot of 6 Greek AEs for what worked out to being $3.75 each. Of the six, one was very bad - a Macedon Philip II horseman AE (not shown), but the other five, although rough, pleased me greatly. And so, let me inflict these on the Community...</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's the best - the better of the two Philip II horseman AEs. This was pretty much worth the price of the whole lot, I think. Bing has one like this with the bucranium, which I found while researching:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1124997[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Macedonia</b> <b>Kingdom Æ 15</b></p><p><b>Philip II</b></p><p><b>(c. 359-336 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Uncertain Macedonia mint</b></p><p>Head of Apollo, hair bound with taenia, right / ΦIΛIΠΠOY, naked youth on horse right; bucranium below. </p><p>SNG ANS 847; SNG Cop. 604.</p><p>(5.46 grams / 15 mm)</p><p> </p><p>Here are two Macedonians of Kassander, a new ruler for me. The big one has perhaps my favorite AE patina - black with green highlights around the devices. Even a very worn coin looks pretty good with this color scheme, in my opinion:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1124996[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Macedonia</b> <b>Kingdom Æ 18</b></p><p><b>Kassander</b></p><p><b>(c. 317-305 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Pella or Amphipolis mint </b></p><p>Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin / AΣIΛEΩ[Σ] [KAΣΣA]NΔΡOY above & below youth on horse r., AN monogram right field, ΠY monogram below.</p><p>SNG Cop. 1148; Mionnet I, 789.</p><p>(6.01 grams / 18 mm)</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><b>Macedonia</b> <b>Kingdom Æ 14</b></b></p><p><b><b>Kassander</b></b></p><p><b><b>(c. 317-305 B.C.)</b></b></p><p><b><b>Pella or Amphipolis mint </b></b></p><p>Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress /[KAΣΣAN]-ΔΡOY above and</p><p>beneath lion lying right, EY in right field.</p><p>AMNG 1; SNG Alpha Bank 878.</p><p>(3.78 grams / 14 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This one took me a lot of effort to attribute - it appears to be a bit scarce (one was posted on CT a while back, which helped me out - it is owned by David@PCC: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-cornucopia-challenge.349910/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-cornucopia-challenge.349910/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-cornucopia-challenge.349910/</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>I was quite confused by the "Pentalpha" mint bit - that isn't a place, it is a description of the mintmark - a star made up by interlocked Alphas. Mine is hard to see, but it is there, if you get just the right light.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ludicrously off-center obverse doesn't bother me too much - not sure why, but off-center ancients appeal to me.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1124998[/ATTACH]</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><b>Seleucid</b> <b>Kingdom</b> <b> Æ 15</b></b></p><p><b><b>Demetrios II Nikator </b></b></p><p><b><b>(146-138 B.C.) (first reign) </b></b></p><p><b><b>'Pentalpha' Mint (Syria/Phoen.)</b></b></p><p>Diademed head right / BAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY ΘEOY right, ΪIΛAΔEΛΪOY [NIKATOPEΣ] left. Cornucopiae between, pentalpha inner left.</p><p>SC 1937; HGC 9, 998.</p><p>(6.98 grams / 15 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Technically, this is Roman Provincial for Thessalonica. It is quite rough, but the ones I found online were hardly any better. Portraits of Augustus always welcome in my collection.</p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1124999[/ATTACH]</b></p><p><b><b>Augustus Æ 15</b></b></p><p><b><b>Macedonia, Thessalonica</b></b></p><p><b><b>(c. 17 B.C.)</b></b></p><p>KAIΣAΡ [ΣEBAΣTOΣ], bare head right / ΘEΣΣ[A]ΛONIKEΩN, three lines within a laurel wreath, star above inscription.</p><p>RPC 1559; BMC 72; Moushmov 6673.</p><p>(5.12 grams / 15 mm )[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4543774, member: 85693"]Nice pickups Claudivs - I was eyeing that Valerian. Virtually everything I buy is inexpensive - the "bargains" keep my budget fully occupied. Just recently I got a lot of 6 Greek AEs for what worked out to being $3.75 each. Of the six, one was very bad - a Macedon Philip II horseman AE (not shown), but the other five, although rough, pleased me greatly. And so, let me inflict these on the Community... Here's the best - the better of the two Philip II horseman AEs. This was pretty much worth the price of the whole lot, I think. Bing has one like this with the bucranium, which I found while researching: [ATTACH=full]1124997[/ATTACH] [B]Macedonia[/B] [B]Kingdom Æ 15 Philip II (c. 359-336 B.C.) Uncertain Macedonia mint[/B] Head of Apollo, hair bound with taenia, right / ΦIΛIΠΠOY, naked youth on horse right; bucranium below. SNG ANS 847; SNG Cop. 604. (5.46 grams / 15 mm) Here are two Macedonians of Kassander, a new ruler for me. The big one has perhaps my favorite AE patina - black with green highlights around the devices. Even a very worn coin looks pretty good with this color scheme, in my opinion: [ATTACH=full]1124996[/ATTACH] [B]Macedonia[/B] [B]Kingdom Æ 18 Kassander (c. 317-305 B.C.) Pella or Amphipolis mint [/B] Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin / AΣIΛEΩ[Σ] [KAΣΣA]NΔΡOY above & below youth on horse r., AN monogram right field, ΠY monogram below. SNG Cop. 1148; Mionnet I, 789. (6.01 grams / 18 mm) [B] [B]Macedonia[/B] [B]Kingdom Æ 14 Kassander (c. 317-305 B.C.) Pella or Amphipolis mint [/B][/B] Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress /[KAΣΣAN]-ΔΡOY above and beneath lion lying right, EY in right field. AMNG 1; SNG Alpha Bank 878. (3.78 grams / 14 mm) This one took me a lot of effort to attribute - it appears to be a bit scarce (one was posted on CT a while back, which helped me out - it is owned by David@PCC: [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-cornucopia-challenge.349910/[/URL]) I was quite confused by the "Pentalpha" mint bit - that isn't a place, it is a description of the mintmark - a star made up by interlocked Alphas. Mine is hard to see, but it is there, if you get just the right light. The ludicrously off-center obverse doesn't bother me too much - not sure why, but off-center ancients appeal to me. [B] [ATTACH=full]1124998[/ATTACH] [B]Seleucid[/B] [B]Kingdom[/B] [B] Æ 15 Demetrios II Nikator (146-138 B.C.) (first reign) 'Pentalpha' Mint (Syria/Phoen.)[/B][/B] Diademed head right / BAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY ΘEOY right, ΪIΛAΔEΛΪOY [NIKATOPEΣ] left. Cornucopiae between, pentalpha inner left. SC 1937; HGC 9, 998. (6.98 grams / 15 mm) Technically, this is Roman Provincial for Thessalonica. It is quite rough, but the ones I found online were hardly any better. Portraits of Augustus always welcome in my collection. [B][ATTACH=full]1124999[/ATTACH] [B]Augustus Æ 15 Macedonia, Thessalonica (c. 17 B.C.)[/B][/B] KAIΣAΡ [ΣEBAΣTOΣ], bare head right / ΘEΣΣ[A]ΛONIKEΩN, three lines within a laurel wreath, star above inscription. RPC 1559; BMC 72; Moushmov 6673. (5.12 grams / 15 mm )[/QUOTE]
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