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 Posted 03/10/2015  4:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dutchgulden to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
haha thanks pish, Its my favorite greek coin as well in my collection!
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but your athene owl is awsome too!
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 Posted 03/10/2015  4:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Augustus Maximus to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Wow! Now that is a coin! Show us more Dutch!
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 Posted 03/10/2015  5:51 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echizento to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
You got to love those high relief tets. Nice coins all.
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Fouree Drachm
Menander
155-130 BC
Bactrian kingdom
Greek legend: BASILEOS SOTEROS MANANDROU
Kharoshthi legend: MAHARAJA TRATARASA MENADRASA
16.6 MM X 2.6 GRAMS
Bopearachchi 16 I 145 FF

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AR Tetradrachm
Ptolmey XII and Cleopatra VII
80-58 BC
Yr 17
Paphus, Cyprus mint
24.2 mm x 13.77 grams
Svoronos 1867


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Love the Ptolmey XII tet!
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yeah, that tet is awesome!

here's the first 3 I ran into in my photobucket pics.

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ptolemy vi


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philip iii
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 Posted 03/10/2015  11:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echizento to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thank Chris, I like that Philip III of yours.
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This is my meager entry to this thread.

Alexander III ( The Great) posthumous drachm. Struck under Lysimachos between 310-301 BCE
Abydos Mint
3.87 grams


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Where is Ancient Noob? This thread was practically made for him.
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Nice coins guys!

My last post isn't a beauty but it meets the requirements for this topic:

Ruler: Philip III
State, City: Kingdom of Macedon
Coin: Bronze Ae Unit
- Head Apollo right wearing taenia
- Young male riding horse prancing to right; bipennis behind, monogram below
Mint: Miletos (BC 323-319)
Wt./Size/Axis: 5.00g / 20mm / 90
References:
Price P064
Müller P076A

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Solid coin Dutch!
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Echizento, why don't you show us some more of your tetradrachms until A.N. arrives?
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Ptolemy IV?
37MM, 43.45g Cornucopia Countermark

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150-147 BC
Alexander I Balas (152-145 BC). AR Drachm (17mm, 4.16g, 12h)
Rev-- Apollo Delphios sitting on an omphalos with arrow and bow.
BASigma;ILambda;EOmega;Sigma; ALambda;EXi;ANDelta;POY / Theta;EOPi;ATOPOSigma; EYEPGamma;ETOY
(which I think translates to something like "Of King Alexander, Benefactor of Divine Descent"



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Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 17.02 g, 5h). In the name of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I mint. Struck circa 311-300 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, MI above rudder; monogram in wreath below throne. SC 82.3e; Price 3761; HGC 9, 10f.

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Wow! That is an amazing tetradrachm!
You get some fruit for that!
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