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<p>[QUOTE="willieboyd2, post: 1175904, member: 4910"]Alexander the Great of Macedonia - Gold Stater - Babylon</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_alexander_stater_babylon.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Helmeted head of Athena facing right with griffin or serpent on helmet</p><p>Nike standing left, holding wreath, MI on left, monogram in wreath below right wing</p><p>BASILEUS ALEXANDROY (King Alexander)</p><p>Struck (Posthumous) c. BC 311-305, Babylon mint</p><p>Weight: 8.56gm, diameter approx 20mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Listed in Martin Jessop Price's 1991 book</p><p><i>The Coinage In The Name Of Alexander The Great</i> as number 3749.</p><p>From Harlan J. Berk, Chicago</p><p><br /></p><p>Alexander the Great, born Macedonia in BC 356, died Babylon in BC 323, age 32.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was expensive but I love the design, a real work of ancient art.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="willieboyd2, post: 1175904, member: 4910"]Alexander the Great of Macedonia - Gold Stater - Babylon [IMG]http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_alexander_stater_babylon.jpg[/IMG] Helmeted head of Athena facing right with griffin or serpent on helmet Nike standing left, holding wreath, MI on left, monogram in wreath below right wing BASILEUS ALEXANDROY (King Alexander) Struck (Posthumous) c. BC 311-305, Babylon mint Weight: 8.56gm, diameter approx 20mm Listed in Martin Jessop Price's 1991 book [I]The Coinage In The Name Of Alexander The Great[/I] as number 3749. From Harlan J. Berk, Chicago Alexander the Great, born Macedonia in BC 356, died Babylon in BC 323, age 32. It was expensive but I love the design, a real work of ancient art. :)[/QUOTE]
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