Alexander tetradrachm (only one)

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Great job capturing your Alexander Tet @dadams !

I have a few Lifetimes:


Makedon Alexander III Lifetime Tet Myriandrus mint-Alexandria near Issus


Makedon Alexander III - Alexandrine Babylon Di-Shekel Tet LIFETIME 328-311 Baal-Lion


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

And Alexander's Father, without whom he would never had the Empire.


Makedon Philip II Tet Pella LIFETIME 353-349 Zeus Horse star spearhead Le Rider 102

 

A Phillip II tet is a coin that is certainly on my want list. Very nice!

 

Here's Big Al's brother, compared to a lifetime tet of Alexander the Great:

 

Very nice toning!

 

You can't help but love these tets. That heavy dollop of silver you're holding in your hand represents a world that is way beyond the imagination of all but the most serious student of ancient history.

Here's mine, I only have one and it is a beauty. I love the high profile of the obverse:

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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

 

Love OP coins, especially that tet!

The only AIII coin I have is this AE.



Macedonian Kings, Alexander III, 336-323 BC

. Obv.: Heracles in lion’s skin r. Rev.: AΛEΞΑΝΔΡOY, club; below, bow in case; above, monogram. Byblos mint. 19 mm, 5.9 g. Price 3425. VF.

 

Nice coins - to all of the above. I especially like the tetradrachm posted by the OP!

My collection of Alexander tetradrachms has dwindled. Here is the best one in my collection currently. As I have mentioned in a previous post, the one in my avatar (Temnos mint) is the best I have ever owned and I regret parting with it. I have been keeping a steady eye on auctions for similar coins but not found one yet comparable to the one I owned.

Alexander III the Great (posthumous); Macedon, Amphipolis Mint; AR Tetradrachm; 315-294 BC; Herakles facing right facing wearing nemean lionskin headdress / ALEΞANDROU, Zeus seated left on throne, one leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre; Λ monogram above torch in left field, EY monogram below throne; 28mm, 17.1g; Price 486; SNG Copenhagen 702; Müller 33

 

Very nice Doug! I've always been too tight to buy a Tet. but have a couple of drachms and a bronze of'em..Live long friend!^^

 

..while we're "too tight for tets" you and i can still post our drachms Bing ^^

 

KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Ae. Uncertain mint in Western Asia Minor.
KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Ae 1/2 Unit. Miletos(?).

 

Beautiful Alexander acquisitions, @dadams ! Your original bronze coin is similar to my Herod Archelaus which also features the Macedonian helmet.

 

Thank you me lord

 

I had to stretch a bit for the silvers, but I'm a big fan of the AE Alexanders! You guys posted some good ones!

 

Thank you for the fine complement! The similarity of the helmets is striking and I appreciate you posting it. You will much enjoy this dissertation, Reign and Religion in Palestine. The Political Instrumentalization of Sacred Iconography in the Hellenistic-Roman Period on the Basis of the Numismatic Evidence from which I quote out of chapter 4.2:
The image of the helmet used by Archelaus in his coins should be understood – analogue to the use of the helmet by John Hyrcanus I (or II) and by Herod the Great – as a representation of his superior status of ethnarch, contrary to the other tetrarchs. One should, however, not jump to the conclusion that the use of the title ethnarchos at the time of Archelaus can uncritically be parallelized with an earlier use of this title at different points in time. The small caduceus placed below the helmet probably referring to a harmonious rule and the benefaction of the ruler.

 

Some more Alexander bronze coins:

lifetime:



under Roman rule:



modern time Greece:

 

There is no doubt that the tetradrachms struck in Babylone are recognizable by their superior style and quality. AS compared with other
Tetradrachms from other mints.