New Alexander Tetradrachm

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so many mints, just crazy, do you know how many mints produced Tets of Alexander?

 

If you throw thunderbolts and have minions of minor deities who do your every whim you do not need to work out like Arnold.

 

No,I don't but the catalog of them by Martin Price takes two volumes, 637 pages and 158 plates and has increased in value faster than the coins since it went out of print. I wish I had bought one in 1991 but I had no interest in the series then and it was not cheap new.

 

Here is a late posthumous tet from Mesembria (today's Neseber in Bulgaria if I am not mistaken). Herakles has become rather plump by then..

 

wooow, thank you

 

Beautiful example

 

Hi Svarog.

Nice coin. I love Alexander tets!

The most comprehensive reference of Alexander III coinage is "The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus" by Martin Jessop Price. It is 2 volumes. 1 for the catalogue, the other for the plates. It is out of print and very expensive to buy if you can find it. Fortunately it is available online albeit with sometimes hard to read plates.

https://www.scribd.com/doc/44307734...at-and-Philip-Arrhidaeus-Vol-1-M-J-Price-1991

Edit - I just saw Doug's post above referencing Price. I'm still getting used to this forum and thought I had read all posts.

 

I've had mine for a little over a month and I'm thrilled to bits with it.

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Silver tetradrachm struck 323-317 BC at Babylon,
Mesopotamia, in the name of Alexander the Great

Head of young Herakles wearing lion’s skin headdress
Zeus enthroned holding eagle and sceptre,
M to left, ΛY beneath throne.

Price 3692; Muller 1272; SNG Cop. 832

 

from Egypt , struck under Alexander's former general & satrap, diadoch/pharao/king Ptolemy I soter (305-283 BC)

 

Nice monograms on the coins posted in this thread, KA is my favorite. Awesome coin, Svarog.

 

wooot, thats a lot of pages to read and reference.. I guess, I will just buy another one if i like the style, I really like a very wide flan on you tet.. And agree- Tets are awesome: style, design- they are all different!

 

Ohhh, this one, one my Bucket list for sure!! thank you for sharing

 

Thanks Agricantus!!