Alexander Tet - Mint?

I could really use some help with this one. Stumped here.

I was trying to determine what Mint that could have produced this Lifetime Issue of Alexander III, 336-323 BCE AR Tet...16.86g. Obv Herakles, Rev Zeus. 24.6mm.
I KNOW that it is in a coffin, and will free it soon.

I looked hard under light and lens, and angled it so that a downward Trident (or an upside down Upsilon) shown in the light. It would either be worn or a very weak strike.

Or...it could be my imagination. I tried photos at different angles, but the one with the circle below was the only one that shows it. I looked up the mark, and it was the Amphipolis Mint. However, I could only find that on Gold Staters (researched under Wildwinds.) Am I imagining the mint mark? Would this be a proper mint mark for this issue?
@Collect89 tried looking for a mint mark before, but my photos were poor...

 

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The mint is gone I cant' make heads or tails of it, but you might be able to find the mint through style, it just might take ALOT of digging.

 

Did the slabber not ID it?

 

No sir, just NGC:
Alexander III Tetradrachm (16.8)g
Lifetime Issue
obv Heracles. rv Zeus.
VF
Strike 5/5
Surface 3/5
I even looked up the NGC number, no further info...

 

Sorry, I can't help. But it is a lovely coin.

 

Sarcastic question?
NGC typically doesn't identify a mint and/or sometimes the Strategos under which the coin was minted.
i.e.I have a tet minted under Pasikrates that is simply described as "Kingdom of Macedon" "In the Name of Alexander."

 

Wish I could be of some help.....I suppose you tried to contact the seller??

 

Yes. I know the seller, good friend, and know the person he had gotten it from...and I have purchased from him too. I going to a coin show in Statesville, NC this weekend, I will catch up to him and ask further.

Thank you all for your kind help. I knew this one would be difficult, but I did not know if there would be any clues, resources, etc. that I could chase...

 

There are some mints with small Aramaic(?) letters in this area. I suspect this is one of those but I'm not an Alexander specialist so can't go further. This is one but not a match:
http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=724492

 

I did see that mint mark. Whenever the Trident mark would come up, it was Amphipolis, coast of Northern Aegean Sea. However, I only found the Trident on Gold Staters... hence, my questions. I understand that a LOT of Tets were minted to finance his War Effort, especially after Issus when he started capturing the Persian treasury.
Curious, did he drag around a mint with him? Or just consign the captured metals to existing mints?

BTW, convinced Wife: will probably visit Fredericksburg Show per your suggestion, thank you!

 

Cursory glances at Aramaic and Punic alphabets: no trident characters that my dyslexic eyes could discern...

 

When the Fredericksburg show is closer, we'll need to see if we will be there the same day.

 

I can't help beyond doing some searches, but here is an Amphipolis tet with trident:
https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=106525
Good luck.

 

Thanks! Been doin' the same... 'Preciate it! It seems a tough one... Will find it!

 

Interesting: Mine is the big ball chair, but the Trident looks the same and in the same spot...I wonder if Amphipolis struck my design also... THANKS! Good lead!

 

I can't help, but it is a lovely coin.

 

Speaking of mints. A guy at work just purchased his first ancient; although I feel I have already failed him by not being able to identify the mint.

17.17g
26.5mm

 

Hmm, it looks familiar but I haven't found it either.

 

His is the big-ball throne like mine...

 

I have a few "big-ball" thrones. This one is from Tarsos.
*old picture