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Message:: [QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 26050908, member: 10461"]Greece (Kingdom of Macedon): silver "Mercenaries" drachm of King Perseus, ca. 175-170 BCKing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus_of_Macedon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus_of_Macedon" rel="nofollow">Perseus of Macedon</a> issued these coins to pay for mercenaries from the island of Rhodes, to help him fight the Romans in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Macedonian_War" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Macedonian_War" rel="nofollow">Third Macedonian War</a>.  (Spoiler alert: he lost.)  These coins mimic the issues from Rhodes, which his soldiers would have been familiar with: an image of the sun god Helios on the obverse, and a rose on the reverse.<img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/hqocBl9nQKCOoW914A9Z_Thessaly-Pseudo-Rhodian-drachm-091100-frame-v2.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> This is what a standard Rhodian drachm looked like, a little later.<img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/d2f97743f67347628a878d79ce175d74.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Roman coins of the "Year of Four Emperors".The year 69 AD, known as "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_of_the_Four_Emperors" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_of_the_Four_Emperors" rel="nofollow">the Year of the Four Emperors</a>", was a time of turmoil and civil war within the Roman Empire.  During that year four different emperors ruled, starting with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galba" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galba" rel="nofollow">Galba</a>, who was assassinated, and subsequently followed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otho" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otho" rel="nofollow">Otho</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitellius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitellius" rel="nofollow">Vitellius</a>, each of whom ruled for only a few months.  The final victor was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespasian" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespasian" rel="nofollow">Vespasian</a>, who founded the Flavian Dynasty.<img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/edd00922db7a4c33ac6fc2a9b648b9fc.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/1fc23741bfd74a66924365cafb10bac5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/11e4fe1084524adcaa13429e8e6f281b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/63e7ea2ce7c242b58974b3a38534a4ee.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Crusader States: ca. 1163-1201 AD silver "helmet" denier of Bohemond III of AntiochThis coin dates to the time of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusades" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusades" rel="nofollow">Crusades</a>.  It was struck by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemond_III_of_Antioch" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemond_III_of_Antioch" rel="nofollow">Bohemond III</a>, who was captured at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Harim" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Harim" rel="nofollow">Battle of Harim</a> in 1164, but later released.  This coin is also an available prize option in my giveaways, the latest one of which may be found <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordm-giveaway-121-pick-your-prize.415677/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordm-giveaway-121-pick-your-prize.415677/">here</a>.<img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/aaaf0dfdadee4e3cbb9b9b837819af27.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Ireland: brass "gun money" halfcrown of James II, July, 1690Struck during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williamite_War_in_Ireland" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williamite_War_in_Ireland" rel="nofollow">Williamite-Jacobite War</a>.  "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_money" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_money" rel="nofollow">Gun money</a>" got its nickname from supposedly having been made from melted-down cannons.  But church bells and other items were used as well.  This coin graded <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/35075128" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/35075128" rel="nofollow">AU53 at PCGS</a>, and in 2018 when I owned it, it was the only example certified.  Another has since been graded, so it is now population 2.  Gun money is also interesting because it gives not only the year of issue, but the month as well.<img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/scWSItSzR56Z2JW6lkqA_irish_1690.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> United States: 1863 bronze patriotic Civil War token, "Our Little Monitor" typeI have always loved this Civil War token design with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Monitor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Monitor" rel="nofollow">USS Monitor</a> on it.<img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/3a0aa9f129e24fef9ff83c994cbc01d9.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> United States (Champion Paper Co.): 1942 silver WW2 deployment medal presented to Logan RobertsonThis was my grandfather's WW2 deployment medal.  He was the son of the cofounder of Champion Paper, which issued these medals.  The mounted knight was Champion's logo.  I have seen eight of these medals in bronze that were issued to Champion employees, but Granddaddy's is the only silver one I have seen.<img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/4a161d78a9144baeab34bdc30ce290cf.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Ukraine: colorized nickel-brass (albata) medal: Heroes of "Maydan" (Maidan), 2014The current Russo-Ukrainian War had its origins in the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euromaidan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euromaidan" rel="nofollow">Euromaidan</a> protests of 2014.  This medal honors the Ukrainian heroes in the beginning of that conflict.  It ended up being the prize in one of my past giveaways.<img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/bf22a1c0951c41f395f876978718f500.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]

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