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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1853552, member: 19463&quot;]As before it is really hard to choose and I&#039;ll have to apologize to my 3rd century &#039;also ran&#039; losers but here are three coins of the 200&#039;s BC that I hope you all don&#039;t have but would like to see.</p><p><br /></p><p>Demetrios Poliorketes (besieger of cities) 294-288 BC AR tetradrachm</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this coin because it was damaged enough that I could afford it and even I occasionally get the urge for big silver.&nbsp; We see nike on a prow and Poseidon hurling his trident.</p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]310055[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Far up in my favorite coins is this Ptolemy II (Egypt - 251 BC) overdate showing year 34 cut over year 33 (delta over the gamma following the lambda on the reverse).&nbsp; Die corrections are not common.&nbsp; This belonged to a friend who died 25 years ago now and I felt lucky to get it when his coins were sold.&nbsp; To most people it is just a low grade Ptolemaic silver but it is special to me.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]310059[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>To keep me from being a specialist in large silver dogs, I&#039;ll show an AE15 that I really wish were in better condition.&nbsp; It is from the Brettian League of 215-205 BC and shows a crab on each side.&nbsp; The one on the obverse is serving as a hat for the marine goddess Amphitrite.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]310054[/ATTACH] </p><p>...and now, the rest of the story.&nbsp; I like this coin and it is not in bad condition for my collection standards but it makes me think of another example of this coin I saw at a show not long after I bought this one.&nbsp; It belonged to Brian Kritt, a show only dealer of impeccable tastes.&nbsp; Brian never sells ugly coins.&nbsp; He also knows more about coins than any ten dealers have any right to know.&nbsp;&nbsp; His little crabby was the sharpest, best struck coin with the prettiest green patina that I have ever seen.&nbsp; Yes, he wanted well over five times what I paid for this one but you could see parts of the crab bodies that never show on big coins let alone AE15&#039;s.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know who eventually bought that coin but I still remember how it glowed in that tray calling to my deaf and cheapskate ears.&nbsp; I probably have a better coin for #3 of the third century but this is what you get along with the lecture.&nbsp; When one coin calls your name.&nbsp; Answer.&nbsp; When every coin calls you name.&nbsp; Ask your wife what to do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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