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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 8114072, member: 99456&quot;]looks like a nice deep relief, I saw it as soon as i refreshed my browser.&nbsp;&nbsp; Here&#039;s a drachm of Phillip III Arrhidaios 4.13g.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1411972[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Greek, Kingdom of Macedon</b>, Philip III Arrhidaios, AR Drachm, struck in the name and types of Alexander III.&nbsp; Kolophon, circa 323-319 BC</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; [AΛ]EΞANΔPOY to right, spearhead in right field, star in left field</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Price 1759; Müller 317</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is not bad looking even with the hole and the added mystery of &quot;what was that nailed to?&quot;.</p><p>It is a good question there are other coins with similar weight from roughly same time period - we call those triobols, hemidrachms - Sikyon comes to mind.&nbsp; Then of course I think of someone trying to understand the rationale for these coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>farthing x 4 = penny x 12 = shilling x 20 = pound</p><p><br /></p><p>I like the coins like yours that actually say ΦIΛIΠΠOY instead of Alexander.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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