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DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 01/18/2013 5:09 pm I've been meaning to submit an entry...with coins I haven't posted lately #1 Ariarathes IV, Eusebes, AR Drachm, Cappadocia, 220-163 BC. Diademed head right / BASILEWS ARIARAQOU EUSEBOUS, Athena standing left, holding Nike in right hand, spear and shield in left; monograms in fields, á´¦A in exergue 3.93 grs. 18mm #2 19mm, 4.89 gr IÎ£TPIH on reverse 450-300 BC--a pretty wide date spread. Edited by DVCollector 01/18/2013 5:16 pm Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36878 Posts	Posted 01/18/2013 5:15 pm I love the design of that #2 coin! Report this Post to the Staff
maridvnvm Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2100 Posts	Posted 01/18/2013 5:28 pm I wasn't going to enter this time as I was finding the topic of "Silver" simply too broad. I will just enter two coins that I haven't entered in a smackdown before... Kindom of Paeonia, Patraos, Silver Tetradrachm Obv:â€" Laureate head of Apollo right with short hair right. Rev:â€" PATRAOU, armed warrior on horse prancing right, spearing fallen enemy who holds spear and shield, EM monogram in left field Minted in Kindom of Paeonia, Patraos from . B.C. 335 - 315. Ref:â€" SNG Oxford 3359 (different dies) 12.646g, 27.5mm, Demetrios Poliorketes, Macedonian Kingdom, Silver tetradrachm Obv:â€" Demetrios diademed head right with horns of a bull, the animal sacred to Demetrios' patron deity Rev:â€" BASILEOS DEMETRIOY, Poseidon standing left, right foot on rock, trident in left (apparently inspired by the Lateran Poseidon, a statue by Lysippos, court sculptor of Alexander), monogram left Minted in Pella, c. 289 - fall 288 B.C. Reference:â€" Newell p. 97, 91 and pl. VIII, 12, SNG Cop 1179 var. 17.0192g, 29.3mm Martin Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36878 Posts	Posted 01/18/2013 5:30 pm Holy smokes those are super coins Martin! Report this Post to the Staff
malamute67 Valued Member Spain 319 Posts	Posted 01/18/2013 7:06 pm ItÂ´s time to voting..... Bonus points are for BING-- 6 (3 light and 3 small) MARIDVNVM-- 3 (heavy) ANCIENTNOOB-- 3 (large) 2 extra points to...Bing,Ancientnoob,Eng5858,Indiangoldenagle,DavidUK,Maridvnvm. My votes... DavidUK--GOLD Maridvnvm--SILVER Eng5858--BRONZE Thanks all you!! Edited by malamute67 01/18/2013 7:07 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Bing Pillar of the Community United States 4253 Posts	Posted 01/18/2013 7:18 pm GOLD: David UK SILVER: maridvnvm BRONZE: Jaobler Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 01/18/2013 9:25 pm Gold: Maridvnvm--very interesting group! Silver: Jaobler--this one coin is stunning! Bronze: DavidUK--beautiful toning on the Aurelius! Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 01/18/2013 10:18 pm Gold - Jaobler - Serrated Denarius Silver - Eng5858 - Venice Rainer Zeno Bronze - - DavidUK - Marcus Aurelius OOP's sorry about the Eng. Edited by echizento 01/18/2013 10:47 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Ancientnoob Pillar of the Community United States 5155 Posts	Posted 01/18/2013 10:24 pm Edited by Ancientnoob 01/18/2013 11:02 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Ancientnoob Pillar of the Community United States 5155 Posts	Posted 01/18/2013 10:32 pm Gold - Bing - JC Carthage Mint Silver- Martin - Paeonia Tet Bronze- Eng- Venice Tough one guys! Report this Post to the Staff
Eng5858 Pillar of the Community United States 1316 Posts	Posted 01/18/2013 11:41 pm Wow, this was hard..very nice coins that were posted.. Great job on the hosting M67.. 1. Gold..Martin's..Patraos Tet.... 2. Silver..Anoobs...Anatolia.. .. 3. Bronze.,Chris.. Sasanian.. sweet. Report this Post to the Staff
DavidUK Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2624 Posts	Posted 01/19/2013 12:56 am Gold= AncientNoobs Anatolia,Pamphylia Silver= Bings Julius Caesar Bronze= Maridvnvms Tetradrachm Nice coins all ^^ Report this Post to the Staff
TJsCoins Pillar of the Community United States 3229 Posts	Posted 01/19/2013 7:43 pm Gold - DavidUK Silver - Jaobler Bronze - Maridvnvm Fantastic coins! It is hard to pick Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4973 Posts	Posted 01/19/2013 11:23 pm gold: eng's medieval jesus coin...that is serious one of my favorites of all time....amazing coin. silver: martin's kindom of paeonia horseman reverse...i really like that. bronze:i honestly couldn't decide on third spot, so I literally flipped a coin, AN won with hisrudrasena II hm:bing got tails, so 4th place with his toned athena coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Ancientnoob Pillar of the Community United States 5155 Posts	Posted 01/20/2013 10:45 am Hey Chris I like the use of coin in my Bronze award from you. Report this Post to the Staff
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