Little Ae of Alexander the Great, last of 2016

I finally received the last of 2016 purchases. Don't know where it got hung up, but atleast all are accounted for.
This little guy I has some nice color to it. Which didn't show in the seller photo. But it seems like I get to much or to little light. Improvement is in progressing.
I will get a Tet atleast silver eventually but this was within budget.
I'm happy with it anyways.
No reason to go into a history lesson on this. I'm sure even a non collectors know who Alexander III is.


Alexander III, Macedonia 336-323 BC
As Herakles clad in lion skin right
Club above bow in case below
ΑΛEΞANΔPOY between
E above
Price 316 Muller 1708

 

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Oh I forgot, share what ever is on your plate.

 

Here is how it looked when I first got it. Dry I put a drop of verdicare and let it sit a few days on a paper towel.

 

Good job cleaning it up.

My only Alexander III's

ALEXANDER III
AE Half Unit
OBVERSE: Gorgoneion in the center of a Macedonian shield
REVERSE: A Macedonian helmet; caduceus and NK monogram flanking below (Struck under Nikokreon)
Struck at Salamis mint. Struck under Nikokreon 323-315 BC
4.9g, 15mm
Price 3162

ALEXANDER III
AR Drachm
OBVERSE: Head of Herakles right in lionskin headdress
REVERSE: ALEXANDROU, Zeus Aetophoros seated left, holding eagle and sceptre. Forepart of Pegasos left in left field, X on W monogram beneath throne
Struck at Abydos 325-323 BC
4.2g, 17mm
Price 1505

 

You have improved the look quite a bit, good job. I have one that I have never posted, not as nice as yours but got it real cheap a few years ago.

 

Great pick up @Smojo ! I like Alexander III AE's, cool coins.

I have a few:


Makedon Alexander III 336-323 BC AR Obol 7mm 0.51g Babylon Lifetime Herakles lion skin Club bow quiver wreath M Price 3744


Makedon Alexander III 336-323 BC AE 16 4-1g Salamis-Cyprus mint Herakles club bow quiver SA Price 3143


Makedon Alexander III 336-323 BC AE 16 Eagle Tbolt Crescent


Makedon Alexander III 336-323 BC AE 19 Quiver Club


Makedon Alexander III 336-323 BC AE 18 Bow Case Club


Makedon Alexander III 336-323 BC AE 17 Quiver Club

 

Hadn't heard of Verdi-care before... sounds intriguing. Anybody else use it?

Here's my small Alex AE (19mm, Price 284 [grapes below]):

 

Doesn't need it great coin as is.

 

http://www.wizardcoinsupply.com/products/verdi-care.html
I use it routinely on bronze coins with any sign of corrosion (so most of them )

The chemist who came up with it is a coin collector (moderns) and is a CoinTalk member, @BadThad.

 

These 2 came as a lot :

 

Smojo, that's a sweet OP-Alex-III ... you seem to have its rehab under control (congrats on that cool addition)



Ummm, I also have a pretty neat example of a lifetime Alex-III ... wanna see it?

Alexander III AE19
336-323 BC
Alexander & Club/Bow

 

@Severus Alexander the link below carries it. I use it on bronze & copper. I almost swear by it. It cures BD, verdigris. Good for metals been stuck in the ground & are super dry.

www.wizardscoinsupply.com

 

Great coins all, nice score Smojo. Really like these types. I use Verdi care on all my bronze too.This was among my first ancient coins I got. Alexander the Great (Herakles/horseman type) bronze, four chalkoi (hemiobol), AE19, 5.5g, Macedonia, c. 323-317 BC

 

Cool posts!! Everyone should have a few coins of Alexander!

Naturally, I went after a modest bronze and silver (drachm) of Alexander as well as a few Tets of his successors....but still need a Tet of AL.

My modest bronze and drachm:



The bronze is considered a 'life-time' issue while the drachm is not and both were purchased cheaply on FAC.

 

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Sorry, just had to .

Nice green OP... I see what you're saying about the colour and like it! An AtG AE is on the list and I'd be very happy with one like yours.

My two possibly lifetime (or early posthumous) tets are modest examples in the $150 range.

 

I collect mostly bronze and rarely use any products other than Renaissance Wax. It works well for coins with soft patinas. Has anyone used both and if so which do you prefer?

A tiny Alex III.

Caria, Kaunos. AE10
Obv: Diademed head of Alexander the Great r.
Rev: Filleted cornucopia, K-AY(ligate).
309-189 BC.
BMC 12.

 

Thanks Zumbly, I wouldn't mind a nice modest tet like yours.

@ancientone I don't know about the wax. I've never tried it, but it seems I've read posts here of people cleaning it off ancients for some reason or another.
As far as verdicare goes its worked very well on the ancients and moderns I've used it on

 

Here's mine:


Alexander III (the Great), Macedonia, BC 336 - 323
AE, 5.8g, 18mm; 9h; Sardes mint, Turkey
Obv.: Head of Herakles right wearing lionskin
Rev.: [Α]ΛΕΞΑΝ[ΔΡΟΥ] between bow and bow case above, clube below
In Ex.: V on EE monogram

And the tetradrachm:


Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander III
AR tetradrachm, 17.18g; Amphipolis mint, lifetime issue, struck under Antipater, c. 325-323 BC.
Obv.: Head of Herakles right, clad in Nemean Lion scalp headdress tied at neck.
Rev.: AΛEΞANΔΡOY Zeus enshrined left, throne without back and two leg struts,bright leg forward (archaic lifetime style), eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, TE monogram lower left, concave field

And here's a tetradrachm in the style of...


Kings of Macedon, temp. Kassander – Alexander (son of Kassander). Circa 310-294 BC.
AR Tetradrachm, 26mm, 16.8 g, 6h, Amphipolis mint, in the name and types of Alexander III.
Obv.:Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.
Rev.: Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Λ above torch; ΔI monogram below throne.

 

@old49er I have a simular one to your. Its been counter marked.

 

I only have two such coins and attribution is difficult for me because it's out of my collecting area. If anyone could attribute these with greater precision, I'd be most grateful!


5.83 gm; 18.0 mm
Obv: Herakles in lion's skin, r.
Rev: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ between bow, bow-case and club, Π below.
Refs: Sear Greek 6741 var.; Price 311???



5.66 gm; 16.3 mm
Obv: Herakles in lion's skin, r.
Rev: Large BA between between bow, bow-case and club, Γ(?) below.
Refs: Sear Greek 6742 var.