Hoard of Arabian Alexander-Type Tetradrachms Discovered

A hoard of 409 Arabian Alexander-type tetradrachms has been unearthed in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
https://www.khaleejtimes.com/news/sharjah-jar-of-rare-silver-coins-from-3rd-century-bc-unearthed

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

Very interesting find. Thank you.

 

Further evidence, of the vast influence of Alexander The Great, and the ancient Greek civilization, in the Persian Gulf.

 

Very interesting info. Thanks for sharing.

 

Wow!! Those coins are in amazing shape. Thanks for the info.

 

Almost a modern discovery in the realm of ancient coins. Congrats to all contributors in any way. Cheers..

 

Wow, when's the auction??? haha

 

Thank you for the link.

The Arabian imitations of Alexander III's tetradrachms are very rare, so this a significant find.

 

What are they using to clean those coins?

 

Very cool, @dltsrq; thanks for posting this! ...It helped me out by way of stylistic precedent for the Himyarite series, a good couple of centuries later.

 

No idea, but if forced to guess, I'd say some kind of acid. Can anyone enlighten us? It looks like they've removing encrustation, not just toning.

 

Was wondering the same thing.

Either way, I hope I get an opportunity to bid on one of these.

 

Yes, judging from the photo in the article, whatever chemical is being used, it is completely stripping the surfaces, which is not necessarily a good thing, but I guess it is quick.