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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2993626, member: 56859"]You're right, I'm just being a party pooper. External things fouled my mood (big power outage, internet down, have to work more days/month now, repair work trouble, etc). <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Your list will be a fun exercise for the forum.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm a little less baffled by the Pantheon project's methods now that I've read through more of their site. It's akin to Twitter rankings... a measure of popularity. More wikipedia country pages = higher ranking. More page views = higher ranking. [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER]... you could bump up your idol's ranking by getting friends to view his wiki pages over and over and over... just like fanclubs do! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Hmm. Maybe that's how Macrinus got so high on the list. His descendants must be fangirling his wiki pages.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Alright, enough sass. I have a bunch of coins from the list. Nothing exotic that hasn't already been shown-- so here's Alex the Great, who surely belongs in the top dozen or so no matter how such a list is made <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/atgtet-cc-jpg.511820/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>KINGS OF MACEDON, Alexander III</b></p><p>AR tetradrachm, 17.14 gm</p><p>late lifetime issue, struck in Aradus c. 324/3 BCE</p><p>Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.</p><p>Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ; Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; I in left field; AP monogram below throne</p><p>Ref: Price 3325</p><p><i><i>ex Colosseo Collection</i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2993626, member: 56859"]You're right, I'm just being a party pooper. External things fouled my mood (big power outage, internet down, have to work more days/month now, repair work trouble, etc). :oops: Your list will be a fun exercise for the forum. I'm a little less baffled by the Pantheon project's methods now that I've read through more of their site. It's akin to Twitter rankings... a measure of popularity. More wikipedia country pages = higher ranking. More page views = higher ranking. [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER]... you could bump up your idol's ranking by getting friends to view his wiki pages over and over and over... just like fanclubs do! :D. Hmm. Maybe that's how Macrinus got so high on the list. His descendants must be fangirling his wiki pages.:wacky: Alright, enough sass. I have a bunch of coins from the list. Nothing exotic that hasn't already been shown-- so here's Alex the Great, who surely belongs in the top dozen or so no matter how such a list is made :) [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/atgtet-cc-jpg.511820/[/IMG] [B]KINGS OF MACEDON, Alexander III[/B] AR tetradrachm, 17.14 gm late lifetime issue, struck in Aradus c. 324/3 BCE Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ; Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; I in left field; AP monogram below throne Ref: Price 3325 [I][I]ex Colosseo Collection[/I][/I][/QUOTE]
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