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It's beautiful tho

13 minutes ago, kirispupis said:

Personally, I've titled my collection People of Philip II, Alexander III, and the Era of the Diadochi very carefully because there is no set definition of who was a Diadochi. The term literally means "successors", so as I noted before we're all technically Diadochi. The following are the guidelines I've devised for my own collection:

• Should have been active sometime between Philip II and the last leaders who directly interacted with a member of Alexander the Great's entourage.
• Should have had sufficient power to affect minting decisions. They may have been required to mint coins in a particular style, but they should have been able to change minting personelle or mint marks.
• Should have been active in the city where the coin was minted during the period of its attribution.
• Must have been mentioned explicitly in the literature
• Alternatively, may have been named on a coin (or a city named after her/him) during his/her lifetime
• Assigning a coin to a city/date range is accomplished through the current literature and research. Occasionally I'll fudge things a bit if there's something I believe they may have missed, or if I feel there's a reasonable chance I'm correct (vs in Academics the argument must be far stronger)

To many of these "rules", I have exceptions, because they're my rules.

IMHO, if you only stick to rulers who were named on coinage, or even worse those who were (and are widely agreed upon) to have been depicted on coinage, you're dealing with just a few coins and that's boring.

Fair enough. I like your rules. And most importantly, you like your rules. 

Shower thoughts..

Is there a line in the sand to determine Alexander's Diadochi? Is it the initial successors? The successors kids?  Julius Caesar?  

Are the Diadochi coinage valid by actual portrait or "in image off? Or  Valid by name on the coinage? Or is dating sufficient enough? (while it bears Alexanders name (and maybe image), but struck in the year and region of some current leader)

I feel like if this was my collecting area,  I would be content with, 1. Image or in image off 2. Name on coinage .. for example, I would consider Kassander's Bronze coinage enough for me, but very hesitant of the silver. I am not sure I would fully trust the suggested mint or dating even though it probably is. If that makes sense.

And to add to the thread and my thought .. an example of my latest coin

Kingdom of Macedon Demetrios I Poliorketes AR Tetradrachm 306-283 BC

 In the name and types of Alexander III (the Great) of Macedon. Struck in Tyre mint,  circa 290-286 BC. Price 3534A

For the coin above, is dating and mint sufficient enough? is it accurate? (or would you like the actual portrait and name coin) is the son of Antigonus I, close enough to consider being a part of the diadochi for you? 

52 minutes ago, Roman Collector said:

I have always thought Orbiana was very beautiful.

Orbiana, 225-227 CE.
Roman Æ as, 11.43 gm, 24.5 mm.
Rome, 225 CE.
Obv: SALL BARBIA ORBIANA AVG, diademed and draped bust, r.
Rev: CONCORDIA AVGVSTORVM SC, Concordia enthroned l., holding patera and double cornucopiae.
Refs: RIC 656; BMCRE 297-298; Cohen 5; RCV 8195.

Next: Late Severan empress. 

Even beautiful on the coin itself. Which is rare.

Who knows.  Interesting observations.. I only have one Roma coin, I guess I will cherish it abit more now 😛

E-Sale 104 Lot 112

I can't help ya, but those snakes are terrifying 

5 hours ago, akeady said:

I suppose this is unusual - an eye from an ancient statue

Can I provide more context? This is fascinating. Do u have more info about this eyetem?

I always get this terrible feeling that I may have fakes in my collection and not know it. 😞 

Bought for the portrait..

Kingdom of Macedon Demetrios I Poliorketes AR Tetradrachm 306-283 BC

 In the name and types of Alexander III (the Great) of Macedon. Struck in Tyre mint,  circa 290-286 BC.

Price 3534 (maybe obv die match to the Price 3534A variation here)

TBH I can't tell both apart.

@Kaleun96 what do u think? 

As usual, not my photo.

EDIT: I'm leaning towards yes, what do you think?

@DonnaMLbeautiful Nero from Antioch ! I'm a fan of these 

Philip ii tet.  No clue on proper type or attribution, but I think it's in the realm of https://numismatics.org/pella/id/pella.philip_ii.41

This coin has insane relief, twice (maybe more) that of any Alexander I own or my Athens owl.

Next;  Philip II 

Nice coin, I like these Type II Nero's ..

"Type II
Coins minted between 54 and 58 CE fall into the second type of Neronian portraiture. Type II coins still display the helmet style of hair yet now depict a more mature teenager."

Hmm I just bought a faience Ushabtis from ZURQIEH's ebay. Hope its REAL!  His stuff strikes me as authentic so I wasn't really skeptical.. 

Wow

Those Tiberius eyes always scare me! Nice coin and portrait!

I thought about thanking incitatus numerous times. I have exchanged a few emails with him. 

What's the first coin btw? Archelaos?

Fantastic post, I always love to see yours a @kirispupis Macedon coinage

I always wanna buy these because they are very affordable and great designs and metal, but.. then when I get them, they are to small! I generally stay clear, the last one I got was a Alexander iii obol to add to the collection. 

9mm / 0.5g 

"provenance gone wild" 

Try posting an ad https://www.numisforums.com/classifieds/

They are great, I especially like the Antioch ones from the 1st century.. here one of mine.. fell in love with the portrait 

Very nice, I picked up a budget one not long ago... I also like the portrait 

Next; same theme

Very attractive nymph