Help with an Alexander the Great Drachm

You'd be surprised. There are quite a few of us in that age group. There are several here who have collected as long as I've been alive.

 

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I am 20... Ummm, yeah... I am 20. @Mikey Zee is only a few years older than me, but he is 20 also.

 

I think it is fantastic!

 

Stating your age including "a half"... a true sign of youth

 

You guys were probably born at a very young age.

 

Right now I fel old. VERY old. It ain't for the fainthearted!

 

No, Bing... You are 20!

 

Tell that to my back, knees and hands. Maybe they'll listen, but more likely they'll laugh at you.

 

You were driving a drunken Donut truck??!!

 

Phff, y'all bunch of amateurs.

 

Whores, beer and lottery tickets.

 

So I opened an account this weekend on acsearch and started hunting. The Abydos coins were the only ones that looked at all similar to mine. The obverse die on Price 1551 seemed to match closely. Here are a couple of examples:





So what do y'all think? Are these close enough to definitely attribute the coin to Antigonos I of Abydos? Also notice the depression at 12:00 on both these examples. Perhaps that solves the mystery of the bankers mark, failed hole or whatever else caused the depression on my coin.

When I examine the depression on mine it looks worn around the edges and has black patina on the bottom, which tells me that it isn't recent.

 

To give everyone a chuckle:

 

I think the symbol in front of Zeus'knee in the opening post looks more like an "ME" monogram. Have you looked at Price 1560 ?

 

BTW. with the "depression at the top of the obverse" don't you mean the eyesocket and nostril of the lion ? These are part of the design and supposed to be there.

 

I'm referring to the depression at the center of this blown up photo which is the top of the obverse of the OP coin. Some people speculated that it is PMD (bankers mark or attempt to pierce the coin for a necklace) but the obverse die of the Price 1551 I recently posted looks to have this "hole" in the design.

 

The reverse may be right on but the obverse doesn't match, obverse looks like 1551?