I recently won this Alexander III hemidrachm on eBay. @Valentinian and I believe that it is from the Tyre mint based on the style. See https://www.acsearch.info/search.ht...s=1&thesaurus=1&order=0¤cy=usd&company= Diameter of 13.7mm 1.93 Grams Possible Price 3246 330-327 BCE Feel free to post your Alexander's and hemidrachms.
ALEXANDER III AR Drachm OBVERSE: Head of Herakles right in lionskin headdress REVERSE: ALEXANDROU, Zeus Aetophoros seated left, holding eagle and sceptre. Forepart of Pegasos left in left field, X on W monogram beneath throne Struck at Abydos 325-323 BC 4.2g, 17mm Price 1505
Thats a very nice hemidrachma Magnus, congrats. I only have Tets from Alexander , heres my favourite:
Sweet hemidrachm, I haven't been specifically searching but am keeping the eyes open for one that is equally visually appealing, most (very few total) that I've seen are in poor condition/preservation and wouldn't even appeal to my bottomfeeding tendencies, so congrats on the acquisition of an attractive example of a scarce denomination! The silver fractions of Alexander and similar issues of his immediate successors are quite interesting, as it seems that many dominated areas had already adopted or quickly learned to accept base fiat fractions. Thankfully a few backwards or old-fashioned regions still demanded the fiddly little silvers, it keeps things a fiddly-bit more interesting even a few thousand years later!
@Plumbata Thanks! The fact that it is a lifetime issue makes it all the more sweeter. I read somewhere that soon after the big three (Seleucus, Ptolemy, and Antigonus II) declared themselves kings, that they quickly stoped issuing silver fractions and replaced them with base metal ones.
Alexander III 'the Great' AR Tetradrachm. Tarsos, circa 327-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; plough in left field, Θ below throne. 27 mm. 17.1 g.
And here's a hemidrachm, but not of Alexander: MYSIA, Parion, 4thcentury BC, silver hemidrachm of 13 mm, 2.14 g. Gorgoneion / IIA-PI, bull standing left, head right.
