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Bedrock of the Community
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I picked this coin off ebay today, from a well-known seller. Sometimes, bidding on ebay drives the price higher than similar coins on Vcoins.  This one was an exception: it has a very good "classical" portrait style, and the bidding didn't get out-of-hand.  It's mailing from the UK; I'm going to combine ship it with a Roman. Seller's pic:  Described as: PHILIP II. AE 17 Date: 359-336 BC Obv: Diademed head of Apollo right Rev: Horseman right; below, monogram Size: 17 mm Weight: 5.93g |
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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That really is a nice coin. Great details.
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Pillar of the Community
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I haven't bought or even looked on ebay now in three weeks. I have two more coins coming, but I need to cool my buying for a while. But looking at this coin makes me want to jump back in. I'm envious. It's a very nice coin. Congrats. |
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Thanks! It's an inexpensive Greek coin. A lot of these are on Vcoins, but this one stood out.
I haven't been buying much either--I find that I spot better coins when I just wait.
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This is a beauty, I have several of these but none in as great a condition as this one.
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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There are so many different varieties of this coin with the different symbols under the horse-'Ν monogram and trident,'Ν monogram and B below or ,Θ,ΛΕ,Ν,",trident and A, corn ear, bow, crescent,Φ behind club, leaf, star, comet, grapes. These are some nice coins.
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Here is a similar one that was one of my first purchases. Mine is pretty rough but I haven't wanted to upgrade yet. I think mine has an A monogram below and the legend above is faintly readable. I was attracted to this one in the way the engraver captured the little rider really racing along. Yours is very nice, good catch.  "The obverse of this coin features the head of the god Apollo, who became the tutelary deity of Philip II in 353 BC during the Third Sacred War. Vowing he would fight on behalf of the god, whose sacred Treasury at Delphi had been stolen, precipitating the conflict, he used the war as an opportunity to expand his control in Greece. The rider on the reverse, similar to the reverse of his tetradrachms, ostensibly extolls his victory in the horse race at Olympia in 356 BC. However, the reverse also recalls the earlier Macedonian royal types, possibly an attempt to emphasize his Macedonian ancestry." (Coin Project, CNG) |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Doucet, nice details on your coin!  Thanks for the story behind the coin--it helps me understand the significance of the rider. Thanks everyone for your comments. The Greek coins have great relief, and I've looked for reasonable coins that really show that off. Edited by DVCollector
03/02/2012 12:08 pm
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Nice coins guys! DV, with all of the very nice Greek coins you are always posting, if I ever get into collecting ancient Greek coins, it will most likely be because of you lol Edited by VisigothKing
03/02/2012 12:41 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thanks, I was also inspired to look into Greeks after a seeing a few posted here. It was a pleasant discovery that I can buy some nice Greeks on a limited budget--excepting that owl tet of course. |
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This is a very nice coin. Really Greek coins are not all that expensive if you stay away from the high denominations. When we think of Greek coinage we usually think of trade coins that probably rarely appeared in the purses of common people (a tetradrachm was a lot of money). There are thousands of types of bronzes available for reasonable prices - more than Constantinian copper but still reasonable.
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Posted 03/01/2012 11:48 pm
