The first Greek coin I have bought

That control symbol is really fantastic. Nice score!

From the mint of Pella, capital of the Macedonian kingdom.

MACEDONIAN KINGDOM
Alexander the Great
AR Tetradrachm. 17.4g, 32mm x 25.5mm. Pella mint, late lifetime or early posthumous issue, circa 325-315 BC. Price 245. O: Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. R: AΛEΞAN∆POY, Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle with closed wings; club in left field.

 

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One of the things I really like about this drachm/tet design is the way in which the entire obverse space is utilized. Bing's drachm is an especially nice demonstration of the way that the die engraver used every bit of that circular space.

 

Nice one @Orfew . I also really like this coin when I first started, picked the one up earlier this year.

 

@Orfew that is a really great coin! Wonderful catch!

 

Yes agree, the obverse portrait on that Drachma of Bing is beautifull.

At the other end of the spectrum is this huge medaillon-like Tet of Philip V of Macedonia.
comparision for size with a lifetime Tet of Alexander the Great:

 

Well, I may as well post my cool imitative example ... it's always a winner, eh?

Lycia, Phaselian Silver Coinage
(Revision of Alex III of Macedon TET)
Mint: Phaselis
205/204 BC (year “14”)
Diameter: 32.5 mm
Weight: 15.52 grams
Obverse: head of young Heracles right, clad in lion’s skin which knotted at neck
Reverse: [ΑΛ]ΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ behind Zeus seated left, holding eagle on extended right hand and resting on scepter held in left, ΙΔ (=14) above Φ (= Phaselis) below Zeus’ right arm (Seleucid anchor countermark in left field)
Reference: Identification and Certification by David R. Sear Services
Other: F and of historical interest

 

Great OP lifetime issue and an incredible selection of others here. Certainly at the top of my shopping list.

 

Great post lots of great Tets.
My only A III is a bronze but its a lifetime issue. Silver will follow eventually.

 

Here my lifetime ATG:


Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander III
AR tetradrachm, 17.18g; Amphipolis mint, lifetime issue, struck under Antipater, c. 325-323 BC.
Obv.: Head of Herakles right, clad in Nemean Lion scalp headdress tied at neck.
Rev.: AΛEΞANΔΡOY Zeus enshrined left, throne without back and two leg struts,bright leg forward (archaic lifetime style), eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, TE monogram lower left, concave field

 

@Jwt708
That is lovely. The portrait is quite striking.

 

Thanks! It needs a reshoot...there is still lustre in some of the protected areas.

 

Nice OP coin!!!

 

This one is also a life- time Tet of Alexander the Great. Price 3038 .

 

Thanks to everyone who posted their coins of Alexander. There are some great coins in this thread.

 

So the coin arrived today. I am very happy with it. I took a new photo. Below please find the auction photo and then mine. Let me know what you think.




The second photo is much closer to how the coin looks in hand.