Crossed another one off the list!

Praise the Gods! I did it, I finally did it! I just purchased an Alexander III (Great) lifetime issue Drachm for well under $100.
I apologize for being a bit excited but this is my first lifetime issue Drachm of the Divine Alexander.

It looks like the coin has a bit of Lacquer on it (On the Lion)?
I don't think that affects the coin it self but I would like your opinions on that.

Here it is.

Grade: VF
Catalog: Price 1503, BMC -, M.907, SNG Cop. 893
Material: Silver
Weight: 4.15 g
Diameter: 13.90 mm
Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), Abydus mint, issued 328-323 B.C., obv. head of Herakles to right wearing lion skin with line border, rev. Zeus seated on throne to left, eagle in outstretched hand, figure of Hermes to left in left field, under throne monogram HH ligated, ALEXANDRO* to right.

Here is one that sold on Vcoins a while back.
https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/an...ck_circa_3283_bc_vf_hermes/36063/Default.aspx

Please post your lifetime and posthumous issues of Alexander the Great!

 

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This is a decent, mid-grade drachm that I hope will fit your collection nicely. From the photo, I can't say what the stain is. Acetone might lessen it but leaving it alone is a safe answer.

 

Thank you Doug. I had been craving a lifetime issue Alexander for some time now. So when a dealer offered this coin I knew I had to get it.

 

Congrats, mine is just a the normal ones after his death.

 

Thanks Mat. Feel free to post your coins of Alexander, here.

 

I like it.

 

very respectable drachm MM, i like the little mercury on the reverse as well. this coin is philip iii, but was also under 100 bucks...

 

Thanks Bing, Chris.
@chrsmat71 Very nice indeed! Philip III is also on the list!

 

I used to have this one until I sold it recently. Was my only ancient Greek.

 

I REALLY like your coin M.M.

I haven't attributed my 'Greeks' yet, so I don't know if this is Alexander, or Philip.

 

@> VK - I have one of yours, too. (I think?)

 

Recently acquired:


KINGS OF MACEDON, Alexander III
AR tetradrachm, 17.14 gm
late lifetime issue, struck in Aradus c. 324/3 BCE
Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.
Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ; Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; I in left field; AP monogram below throne
Ref: Price 3325
ex Colosseo Collection (images by Colosseo Collection)

 

Thanks a beautiful coin you purchased. Congratulations!

 

@ TC Thanks!
@ TIF Wow!
I re read the description on the dealer's website and he says that my coin was struck under "Kalas or Demarchos". Do those names ring a bell to anyone?

 

TIF: At first glance I thought that was a coin belonging to AJ. Very nice indeed! Love the toning.

 

@TIF Whoa! awesome addition and a tough one to follow...but here's my humble bronze examlpe:

Alexander III (the Great), Macedonia, BC 336 - 323
AE, 5.8g, 18mm; 9h; Sardes mint, Turkey
Obv.: Head of Herakles right wearing lionskin
Rev.: [Α]ΛΕΞΑΝ[ΔΡΟΥ] between bow and bow case above, clube below
In Ex.: V on EE monogram
Ref.: Price 2552; Mueller 841

 

It is a former AJ coin . He found one he liked better (hard to imagine!) and I bought this one.

 

Eesh TIF what a massive score from AJ...

 

Here is my only other Alexander III drachm, it's a postumous issue that was also minted at Abydos.

 

Lifetime Alexander tetradrachm from Pella, Macedonia. BC 325/4.