Alexander III Lifetime Drachm

Alexander's Ragtime Band

 

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This rough one does not have the legs crossed.. but being so rough I was unable to determine if it is a lifetime issue or not. I certainly did not pay a "lifetime issue" price so the assumption was always posthumous.
If anyone has any insight I would certainly appreciate it.


I thought maybe it was closest to this lifetime issue attribution - but I certainly have my doubts and expect to be corrected:
328 B.C. - 323 B.C. Drachma, Abydus Mint (Price 1501)
Hope someone can help...

 

Thank you. Yours is great. Between yours and mine, we transition from a Death to a Satrap to a King.

 

Curious, what are the beads and pellets all over the surfaces?

 

Here is a NOT-A-LIFETIME TET...

Not my first, but one of my early Ancients purchase.


Makedon Alexander III 336-323 BC AR TET Posthumous

 

My only Alexanders. I don't know much about either one. The second one may not even be considered Alexander, since it says only BASILEOS (king) on the reverse. (How do I get CT font to print Greek letters?)
Drachm, 17mm, 3.68g:


Bronze19mm, 5.36g

 

Well I posted the coin when I purchased it..maybe a year or two ago, and the general consensus was horn silver (they are hard deposits) . I've always thought of it as a really good candidate for cleaning but I may not be the best owner if that is the case. Too cowardly! It was a $30 pick up..

 

Beautiful coins all!

A lifetime Alexander III was top of my wish list ever since I was a kid and saw a picture of one in a book - it took probably a year and 50+ lost bids to finally snag this one, which is still one of the crown jewels of my collection


Alexander III Lifetime Tetradrachm
Tarsos mint, grapes beneath chair, plough left
Price 3027

 

Here's my posthumous drachm. Though it's nicked up and scratched and the like, it still appears well detailed...

Greek, Kings of Macedon
Alexander III “The Great”, 336-323 BC
AR Drachm, Ca. 310-301 BC, Kolophon mint
Obverse: Head of Heracles right, wearing lion’s skin headdress.
Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left, holding eagle in right hand, scepter in left; crescent before, N below throne.
References: Price 1798, Müller 271
Size: 16mm, 4.13g

And my lifetime AE...

Macedonian Kingdom
Alexander III (the Great)
AE17, Circa 336-323 BC, Lifetime Issue
Obverse: Head of Herakles wearing lion’s skin, right.
Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, bow and quiver above, club below, K control mark in exergue.
References: Price 301
Size: 17mm, 5.3g

And a Makedon shield & helmat coin which could be either before or after AtG's death...

Kings of Macedon
Alexander III “the Great”, Circa 336-323 BC
Struck 325-310 BC under Polyperchon
AE Half Unit, Uncertain mint in Macedon
Obverse: Macedonian shield, boss decorated with thunderbolt with pellets above and below; series of 5 dots • dividing 5 double circles.
Reverse: Macedonian helmet, B-A flanking, monogram consisting of Π, O, inverted Λ, and Y (POLY) for Polyperchon below.
References: Price 413; Liampi, Chronologie 67-8
Size: 16.8mm, 4.19g

Notes: This coin is often generally attributed to being struck under Antipater, Polyperchon, or Kassander. I argue that this monogram on this specific coin can be directly tied to that of Polyperchon based on the monogram consisting of conjoined Π, O, inverted Λ, and Y (Λ and Y represented by the same letter shape but with two letter purposes) forming POLY standing for Polyperchon.

Polyperchon was a Macedonian general who served both Philip II and AtG. When AtG died, Antipater became regent of his Empire. A year later, as Antipater drew close to death, he did not appoint his son Kassander regent but instead his friend, Polyperchon. Due to this, a two-year-long power struggle ensued. This was part of the Wars of the Diadochi or Wars of Alexander’s Successors.

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I agree. I never clean mine.
Yeah, I think I now remember that thread about horn silver.

 

Cool explanatory layout of Poly’s monogram! Thanks.

 

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I don't yet have a "lifetime" issue, some wonderful examples in this thread (@Finn235, @Magnus Maximus, @Alegandron, @Edessa, @Andres2, @Roerbakmix...). I found this website useful after browsing the thread : A Helpful Guide to Overcoming Envy.

I will share this imitative, posthumous, drachm of Alexander III "The Great":

Celtic, Eastern European, Imitations of Alexander III of Macedon, Late 4th-early 3rd century BC, AR Drachm imitating Kolophon mint issue
Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin
Rev: Zeus Aëtophoros ("eagle bearing") seated left; K to left, readable [AΛ]EΞANΔP[OY] to right
Ref: cf. Price 1822A for prototype

 

NICE coin! I only have imitative coins of his father from the Eastern Celts.

I really enjoyed that article. I have generally tried to use that philosophy for years. Helps you keep your sanity in this crazed existence.