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MACEDON - Alexander III, (posthumous) 27 viewsMACEDON - Alexander III, (posthumous) AR drachm, Lampsakos mint. ca 300 BC. Obv.: Head of Heracles with lionskin right. Rev.: Zeus left seated, holding eagle and sceptre, ALEXANDROU to right, left in field Pegasos, LAM monogram beneath throne. Reference: Price 1389bdpaul7
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SELEUCID - Antiochus III25 viewsSELEUCID - Antiochus III (223-187 B.C.) AE-12. Bust right/Apollo standing, holding arrow and leaning on bow. SNGIs 583.dpaul7
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Tauric Chersonese - Pantikapaion25 viewsTauric Chersonese, Black Sea Area. Pantikapaion AE12 circa 3rd Century BC. Obverse: Head of Apollo right. Reverse: ΠAN, Bow in case. Reference: SNG Cop 62.dpaul7
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Olbia, Sarmatia, AE2025 viewsOlbia, Sarmatia, AE20. Horned head of river-god Borysthenes (Dnieper) left / OLBIO, battle-axe and bow in case. 3rd Century BC Sear Greek Coins and their Values (SG) Number sg1685 Frolova 718.dpaul7
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CYPRUS - Time of Cleopatra VII25 viewsCYPRUS - Time of Cleopatra VII, 51-30BC, Æ17 Neopaphos Mint. Obv.: Laureate head of Zeus to right. Rev.: No legend. Zeus standing head to right, holding ears of corn on single stalk in right hand and a scepter in the
left hand; star above head. Reference: BMC-; Svor.-; SNG Cop.-; RPC-; RPC Supplement; Cox 128.
While not noted in the standard references for Ptolemaic coinage, the coin is fairly common on Cyprus and is noted in Cypriot numismatic publications, and dated there to the time of Cleopatra VII. This denomination was commonly found in the excavations at Nea- Paphos. This issue has also sbeen attributed to Ptolemy IX.dpaul7
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Tauric Chersonese - Pantikapaion24 viewsTauric Chersonese, Black Sea Area. Pantikapaion AE12 circa 3rd Century BC. Obverse: Head of Apollo right. Reverse: ΠAN, Bow in case. Reference: SNG Cop 62.dpaul7
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TERMESSOS MAJOR -- Pisidia24 viewsTERMESSOS MAJOR -- Pisidia. AE 18. Obv.: Laureate head of Zeus right. Rev.: Free horse galloping left. A (=year 1) above, TER beneath. Reference: B,C 3.dpaul7
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SINOPE -- Paphlagonia24 viewsSINOPE -- Paphlagonia. 189-193 BC. AE, . Head of young Ares right in Corinthian helmet / SINW-PHS, sword in sheath, with strap. BMC 49.dpaul7
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MACEDONIA - Pella24 viewsMACEDONIA - Pella, AE 18mm. Circa 187-31 BC. Obv.: Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos right Rev.: PEL-LHS, bull grazing right. References: SNGCop 266ff. Moushmov 6453.dpaul7
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SELEUCID KINGDOM - Demetrios I Soter24 viewsSELEUCID KINGDOM - Demetrios I Soter (162-150 B.C.) Serrate AE20mm, Antioch mint. Obv.: Bust of Artemis right, wearing stephane, bow and quiver over shoulder. Rev.: / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟY, Bow and quiver. SC 1645; HGC 826; BMC 3.dpaul7
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Tauric Chersonese - Pantikapaion23 viewsTauric Chersonese, Black Sea Area. Pantikapaion AE12 circa 3rd Century BC. Obverse: Head of Apollo right. Reverse: ΠAN, Bow in case. Reference: SNG Cop 62.dpaul7
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MACEDON - Philip III or Kassander23 viewsMACEDON - Philip III or Kassander, c. 323 - 315 B.C. AE 1/2 Unit, 15mm. Salamis mint. Struck under Nikokreon (according to Newell), circa 323-315 BC. Obv.: Gorgoneion in the center of a Macedonian shield with five crescents around. Rev.: Macedonian helmet; B A flanking above (for Alexander III), caduceus and NK monogram flanking below. Price 3162.dpaul7
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EPHESOS - Ionia23 viewsEPHESOS - Ionia, AE15. 350-288 BC Obv.: Bee with straight wings, within a laurel-wreath Rev.: Stag grazing right. Magistrate's name unclear in exergue. Reference: Sear #4406dpaul7
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EGYPT - Ptolemy I22 viewsEGYPT - Ptolemy I ( 305-285 BC) AE Denomination C (20 mm). Obv.: Alexander head in elephant skin. Rev.: Eagle faces left, head let, wings open; PI/EPSILON momogram in field left; ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ Reference: Svoronos 220. dpaul7
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ANTIOCH ON THE ORONTES 22 viewsANTIOCH ON THE ORONTES - AE-22. 11.98 g. Denomination A. Year 9 (41-40 B.C.) Obv.: Laureate head of Zeus right. Rev.: ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ / ΤΗΣ / ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ / ΚΑΙΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter. Thunderbolt above. Symbols to left: Star over cap. Caesarean era date in exergue: Θ. Reference: Butcher: CRS 20; SNG COP 80.dpaul7
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SYNNADA in Phrygia21 viewsSYNNADA in Phrygia. AE-20, after 113 B.C. Laureate head of Zeus right, sceptre behind/Poppy-head and ear of corn between caps of the Dioscuri, SNG Copenhagen 708. dpaul7
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BOSPORUS KINGDOM -- Rhoemetalkes 21 viewsBOSPORUS KINGDOM -- Rhoemetalkes (c. 133-154 AD) . Æ 48 Nummia. Obv.: Draped and diademed bust right; trident before. ΒΑCΙΛΕΩC ΡΟΙΜΗΤΑΛΚΟΥ Rev.: MH within wreath. Reference: Frolova pp. 149-155; SNG Copenhagen 58. dpaul7
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EUSEBIA - Cappadocia20 viewsEUSEBIA - Cappadocia, Time of King Arcelaus. AE 12. Minted 36 BC-17 AD. Obv.: Bust of athena wearing crested helmet right. Rev.: Mount Argaios, eagle with spread wings perched on summit. ΕΥΣΕ / ΒΕΙΑ to right and left. Sear 5705.dpaul7
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THRACE - Mesembria19 viewsTHRACE - Mesembria. c. 300-250 B.C. AE 20. Obv.: Helmet right Rev.: METAM-BRIANWN, wheel. References: SNG BM Black Sea 276 var.; SNG Stancomb 229-30. Moushmov 3984.dpaul7
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INDO-SCYTHIANS - Kharahostes18 viewsINDO-SCYTHIANS - Kharahostes, ca. 20-1 B.C. Most surrounding legends gone; AE Square Unit. Obv.: [XAPAHWCTEI CATPAPEI APTAYOY], king on horseback right; uncertain Kharosthi letter to right. Rev.: Lion to right; Kharosthi letter and X in fields. Reference: Senior 143.dpaul7
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