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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2847409, member: 82322&quot;][ATTACH=full]675082[/ATTACH] </p><p>In the name of Alexander the Great. Circa 293-286 BC? 4.3g 16mm.</p><p>Obv: Gorgoneion as boss of Macedonian-style shield but with blundered design</p><p>Rev: Β-Α; Macedonian Helmet, rose to left, ΙΘΙ monogram to right.</p><p><br /></p><p>Odd style. Unpublished monogram ΙΘΙ (that looks like a TIE fighter from Star Wars) The letter B is in poor style. Could this be an unpublished ancient imitation? Richard Ashton believes the regular rose symbol issue on shield/helmet bronzes (with no monogram) is from Sardes, based on the number of specimens in regional Turkish museums. (Martin Price had assigned the rose variety in his “Miletus or Mylasa” section.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]675084[/ATTACH] </p><p>EGYPT, Tacitus 275-276 AD, potin 20.6mm 7.86g</p><p>Obv: A K MA TAKITOC CEB; Bust with laurel wreath, draping and cuirass</p><p>Rev: ЄTOVC A; Nike with palm branch and wreath.</p><p>Dattari 5518, Cologne/Geissen 3120</p><p>Ex Art Institute of Chicago, from the Glover collection acquired in 1978, #1424. Gemini, auction XII, April 2017, lot 487 (part) </p><p><br /></p><p>Although the edges of this coin are rough it actually has good surfaces elsewhere and shows little wear.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]675085[/ATTACH] </p><p>Turk Yagbus in Tokharistan, circa 600-680 AD.&nbsp; 32 mm, 3.78 grams</p><p>Obverse: Crowned bust right, within circle, stars and crescents around.</p><p>Reverse: Fire altar, attendants flanking, within circle.</p><p>Countermarks of human head left and &quot;PHRORO&quot; in Baktrian.</p><p>Imitates a Balkh mint year 11 Drachm of Sassanian King Hormizd IV but it is not!</p><p>The countermarks were applied 650-700 AD.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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