It’s been awhile since I posted a nice group of coins. Thought I’d share what I was working on today. 315 Alexander tets and a few Philips. About 1/2 are lifetime, the rest early posthumous. Barry
That's an amazing amount of tets, and is about 12 lbs! I would love to be able to sort through them. Thanks for sharing Barry.
Just another day at the office! Curious @Barry Murphy , in what format are these shipped to NGC before being found in a pile on your desk - bag, jar, tin can, box, flips?
It would be interesting to know how many different types/mints/Price numbers are represented in the group. Did these circulate widely in all areas where the Alexander coinage was known (almost everywhere?) or did each one pretty much stay close to home? The varied tones suggests this was not a hoard but an accumulation in the trade. Correct?
It's a wonderful image, but take it from someone who has sorted through bags of hundreds of coins, it's work: tedious, mind-numbing, eye-glazing work to measure and properly attribute each coin.
This is a hoard, or part of a hoard, most of the differences in color are the result of lighting. I took the photo w/my cell phone. As we don't put Price numbers on holders unless requested, I didn't keep track of how many Price numbers there were in the group, but I did check them all against Price to make sure they were properly sorted between lifetime and early posthumous issues . I would say there were probably 100 Price numbers or so total. The mints were mostly eastern mints and about 15% Amphipolis.