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RenaL Pillar Of The Community Turkey 1205 Posts	Posted 10/05/2007 04:02 am I got these replicas a couple of months ago but couldn't find much info on them. Any info would be appreciated a lot. http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y8...t_07/A-1.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y8...t_07/A-2.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y8...t_07/B-1.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y8...t_07/B-2.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y8...t_07/C-1.jpg http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y8...t_07/C-2.jpg Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16874 Posts	Posted 10/05/2007 08:53 am Top one looks like a tetradrachm of Philip II of Macedonia - Alexander the Great's father. The king's name, FILIPPOU, appears in Greek around the horse. This Wildwinds page should be of assistance. Middle one is of a King Demetrios; his title and name appear on the reverse: BASILEWS DEMETRIOU. Probably Demetrios Poliorcetes; both the Wikipedia article about him and This Wildwinds page have some similar looking coins. Bottom one is a Tyrian shekel/tetradrachm in the name of a "king Alexander" (BASILEWS ALEXANDROU); not Alexander the Great, but one of his successors of the same name; most likely Alexander I Balas of the Seleucid kingdom (Syria). Again, both Wikipedia and Wildwinds have similar looking coins. Except for the Philip II piece, they're not the usual types chosen to copy. Are they museum replicas or tourist street-vendor copies? Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
RenaL Pillar Of The Community Turkey 1205 Posts	Posted 10/05/2007 10:25 am thanks a lot Sap! these are street vendor copies I bought in Antalya. Do you consider to give a course on coin identification? I'd be the first to sign up :). Report this Post to the Staff
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