Drusus Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 These were posted on another forum and I thought I would pass them along as they are, IMO, very neat. Its interesting to see these coins as they were found: First one is a hoard of Greek coins found in two old jars: Two Jars of Alexander the Great Tetradrachms, each Jar has around 500 coins, some of the coins would be: Demetrios I Poliorketes Tetradrachm 1 coin Antigonos II Gonatas 1 coin Lysimachos 2 coins Seleukos I 3 coins Elephant type Seleukos II 7 the rest are all Alexander the Great coins. Thanks to Salem Alshdaifat for posting these here is another hoard found: Large hoard of Athenian silver tetradrachms buried in a sack. Fourty-six coins were removed separately but most of them were lifted in a concreted mass weighing 6,280 grams. About 400 Athenian tetradrachms in total recovered in Greece by excavators with the American School of Classical Studies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Drusus, thank you SO MUCH for posting these. Stories of hoards always intrigue me. These are great pics and hopefully someone has more to post. I always just imagined a pile of unadulterated coins coming out of the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 Neat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzantiquities Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 I love ancient coin hoards! So exciting and mysterious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted November 27, 2011 Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 I'd love to get `up close' to these owls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veldpond1902 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 wish i found it!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoRnholio Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlueke Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Hi Drusus, are thos recent finds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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