Hello all: I recently won an auction that I had forgotten I had even bid on. I like small Greek bronzes and I try to buy them when I see them cheaply. This was an under $10 coin. It came with no ID except for Macedonian with Alex III as the ruler. After some digging, I found it to be a half unit but it appears to be from an anonymous issuer right after the death of Alexander III. So I have it dated to 323-310BC. After an ACSearch brought up several examples I have attributed it as: AE Half Unit Anonymous, 323- 310BC 16.5mm ~3.1gr O: NO LEGEND; Macedonian shield ornamented with five double crescents; head of Heracles, wearing lion skin headdress, facing 3/4 right in the center boss of shield. R: NO LEGEND; Crested Corinthian helmet with cheek guards. Exergue: Monogram to left (appears to be upside down PI, a LAMBDA and an ALPHA, possibly, but I have no idea because I do not own Price) and small caduceus to right at bottom. Uncertain Mint in Western Asia Minor. Price 2803, pl. 110; Leffaille 310 var.; GC 6781; COP SB 2301 var; SNG Alpha Bank 849 var (1/4, no monogram). I cobbled together the above references from various auction listings that I found on ACSearch. If anyone has any knowledge of these references (for example, the monogram combination places my coin at a different reference number or something I am not aware of) and can clear up mistakes on my part, please let me know. Also, post your Alexander III-era coins!
I have one of these ALEXANDER III AE Half Unit OBVERSE: Gorgoneion in the center of a Macedonian shield REVERSE: A Macedonian helmet; caduceus and NK monogram flanking below (Struck under Nikokreon) Struck at Salamis mint. Struck under Nikokreon 323-315 BC 4.9g, 15mm Price 3162
VERY NICE guys!!! The closest I have is a bronze of Demetrios ----AE-15, 306-283 BC, Pella mint; Macedonian shield with DHR monogram and BA SI helmet reverse: And this version struck far later: Macedonian Kingdom. Time of Philip V and Perseus. Circa: 221-168 BC, AR Tetrobol, Uncertain mint, Struck 187-179 BC 16.10 mm, 2.18 grams Macedonian shield/MAKE AONON, prow of ship, star above BMC 20; SNG Cop 1289
These are all very nice coins. I really like the variety and research you have to do to figure out these coins. That is, I like it when I can figure it out. When I have no idea where to start, that is another story.
@Theodosius Well, thank you sir. I will appreciate it more when I am able to know for sure if the references I cited are wholly appropriate for my coin. I am so new to Greek coins.
