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I listened to the latest episode of Ancient Coin Show podcast yesterday and they explained the sittuation with Roma pretty well.

He had a birthmark on his tight in the form of an anchor, not sure how true this is but that's one explanation I have read.

Ahh thanks for the explanation! I read that he died early when everything broke loose so thought he never had time to mint coins but yeah if he never was given a satrapy it makes sense.

Very nice bounch of coins, the Demetrios, Ptolemy and Seleukos are my favourties. I agree Perdikkas should also be tossed in there I will deffenitely keep my eyes open for one. What about Krateros did he have time to mint any coins at all?

We will never know but Philip has already shown his skills as a statesman. Would Alexander been as skilled, maybe, we will never know. But somehow I think Philip would have been more conservative and try to strengthen the conquered territories.

@Anaximander That’s a very impressive collection of Antigonids coinages. Also a very creative way to present them! @NewStyleKing and @Anaximander Thanks for pointing out some good reading as well.

Yeah let’s keep our eyes up for it if we can find any info.

Very nice coin @NewStyleKing. The shield is a very nice design like the bronzes @Ryro posted.

Thanks @Ryro you have enough to form a little shield wall and phalanx. Is there any good place to read more about the iconography of these coins and what it means?

Your coins are also very cool! Your tet is of the more rare type mine is the most common according to HGC. I really like your webbpage it has helped me a lot looking up different characters from this period. The story around Demetrios is very interesting,

Yeah I also think Philip is more interesting than Alexander. If we would think he had lived to start the conquest of Asia himself it's very interesting to imagine how the history would have turned out. Alexander inherited a well organised military machine as well as very good advisors, he was very talented but Philip was the one that made it all possible.

Here's my latest addition to my Wars of the Diadochi Collection. Demetrios I Poliorketes. was a very important character for keeping the Antigonid Dynasty alive so his son Antigonus II Gonatas later could establish the Antigonids on the Macedonian throne until they succumbed to the Roman conquest. He is probably most famous for the siege of Rhodes which later gave him the nickname Poliorketes (The Besieger). Although he never succeeded to capture Rhodes, the huge siege equipment he left on the island was later melted down and used to construct the Colossus of Rhodes to celebrate the city's resistance. Demetrios also fought at the battle of Ipsus 301 BCE where his father Antigonos I Monopthalmus met his demise and their dream of a united Macedonian empire was totaly crushed. Here are the 3 coins I've collected so far together. The father and the son plus the prick Kassander (upper right). And here is the new addition Demetrios I Poliorketes. AR Tetradrachm, Amphipolis, 289-288 BCE, 16.7 g, 29,5 mm, 6h Obverse: Diademed head of Demetrios to right. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ. Poseidon, nude, standing left, his right foot set on a rock, holding trident in his left hand and resting his right on his right thigh; to inner left and right, monograms. Newell 115 Feel free to post anything related to the wars of Alexander's successors and the Hellenistic era.

@NewStyleKing you're completely correct, so the closest we can get is to get a coin they might have minted. It's mainly my fault for the confusion with the title of the thread and derailing into coins minted by these characters but not having their portraits.

These are all wonderfull coins @Alegandron my favourite of the bounch is the lifetime Philip, absolutely stunning!

That's a gorgeous coin congrats!

Congrats, an amazing areus!

Great write up @Ryro superinteresting as I got more interested in this area of history and collecting now.

Booth linked trailers are fan made, I never realized I by mistake linked another one when I quoted @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix that said my point was not about the trailers beeing real or not, but the correctness of the history if Ridley Scott decides to make a second Gladiator. Which I beilieve he will heavily alter to fit into his story to serve the plot he comes up with.

If there ever will be a Gladiator II it probably will have a lot of heavily altered history, like the latest Napoleon movie. Ridley Scott will probably do whatever he wants with it and just place it in a roman setting. I love the first Gladiator though it's a masterpiece, and Ridley Scott’s movies in general as they have fantastic cinematography but I watch them as entertainment and not as history lessons.

I also posted these recently but here they go again! I'm borrowing the pictures from the sellers but will try to make a rig to take my own photos later on. Antigonos I Monophthalmus AR Tetradrachm, Susa, 316-311 BCE, 16.79 g, 26 mm, 9h Obv: Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand, Symbols (Left Field): wreath, (Beneath Throne): ΑΙ, Symbol (Beneath Throne): monogram Price 3857 Macedon, Kassander AR Tetradrachm, Amphipolis, 305-297 BCE., 17.14g, 27.00 mm. 9h. Obv. Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, scepter in left hand. Symbols (Left Field): Λ, (Left Field): torch, (Beneath Throne): monogram Price 484

Thanks @kirispupis it's a good start at least, will see how I will build it from here. I have also been thinking of these two versions for Seleukos but I'm also leaning towards the elephant biga type as well, reasons, well just for the estetics really. Your Ptolemy is gorgeus, I guess the stamp on the chin made it so perfectionists didn't want to pick it up? But great story and luck with the provinence found later. Also really interesting type with the Amon Ra head will look out for them. When it comes to blemishes etc I have no problems as long as they are part of the history of the coin and not too disturbing. I've been arguing with myself at times if a should go for a finer condition coin vs a more worn but more appealing one. In the end I realized for me it's always better to go with what is most appealing. Even if a coin is in a better condition I think appeals trumphs it all. A Ptolemy II is also a good suggestion which I've been thinking of too, as he minted them with the porttrait of the father.

Thanks @I_v_a_n not bad yourself fantastic collection of coins, the Philip II is stunning! Well if I can find an elephant type for Ptolemy for a good price the I might as well just go for it. 🙂 I still think that I want to have his actual head though, it fits better into the collection I want to create, but with time maybe booth is possible. Also Lysimachos tets are always amazing, I guess that's why they choose to portay the same motive on the newer 100 drachmes before switching to Euro. I remmber these coins from several vacation trips to the greek islands as a kid. Picture from NGC: https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/greece-100-drachmes-km-159-1990-2000-cuid-1119747-duid-1329497

Aha okey I heard it from the Aron Berks podcast.

Depending on country you have to count for over seas taxes on all assets, stocks, properties etc as some countries has it for example Italy and Spain. In general I think you're pretty safe moving your collection around Europe, I've heard of some laws like Germany would need a proof of a coin being in an old collection from the 80's so years to be able to move it outside the country. I have bought coins from German coin dealers to Sweden without problems so I don't think they enforce it. Maybe if you move a big collection all at once? The main thing you can be forced to pay might be taxes on the collection when moving. Other than that I don't think there should be much problems. As long as you stay out of Greece as they have very specific regulations there.

@CPK Thanks, I'm very happy with it! Today Antigonos arrived maybe even better than the Kassander I got yesterday. Two diadochi down and "3" (will be more with time I think 🙃) more to go, I'm thinking of an elephant type for Seleukos those are very pricy though, portrait of Ptolemy for Ptolemy (I love the elephant head but I think the portrait is a better representation and also much cheaper and easier to find) and Alexander with horn for Lysimachus. Also would like to add Demetrios Poliorketes and Antipater. After that maybe Alexander himself with a lifetime version and Philip II. But I'm not in a rush so will wait for specimens that I like. Antigonus I Monophthalmus AR Tetradrachm, Susa, 316-311 BCE, 16.79 g, 26 mm, 9h Obv: Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand, Symbols (Left Field): wreath, (Beneath Throne): ΑΙ, Symbol (Beneath Throne): monogram Price 3857