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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3338298, member: 85693&quot;]So, back in 1987, one of my first ancient coin purchases was this Alexander drachm:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]884163[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Macedonia Kingdom Drachm </b></p><p><b>Antigonus I Monophthalmus</b></p><p><b>(c. 320-306 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Lampsakos Mint</b></p><p>Head of Herakles in lion skin / AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus std. left on throne, eagle &amp; sceptre.&nbsp; Controls: obv. forepart Pegasos left; rev. AI below throne.</p><p>Price 1385; S-6731.</p><p>(4.22 grams / 17 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>I couldn&#039;t believe it was mine!&nbsp; It was so beautiful.&nbsp; So I thought:&nbsp; Wouldn&#039;t it be great to get a bigger one - a tetradrachm?&nbsp; My collecting has been pretty erratic in the years since then - I am easily distracted -&nbsp; but this month - 30+ years later - I finally got a tetradrachm. </p><p><br /></p><p>Alexander tetradrachms are common, I realize.&nbsp; I just wanted to get one cheap that wasn&#039;t too much of a disaster - and finally, I found one, on eBay in a &#039;buy it now&#039; auction.&nbsp; It was listed as having a test cut, but it doesn&#039;t have one that I can find - the seller sells on Vcoins and was, I suspect, just clearing out some lower-grade tets on eBay.&nbsp; He had listed several others in the same price range, all with test cuts - this was the best one, in my opinion. </p><p><br /></p><p>It isn&#039;t Alexander the Great exactly (my original drachm wasn&#039;t either), and it has some problems, but I am very happy with this big chunk of silver.&nbsp; It is my first ancient insect too- a bee.&nbsp; I paid the same for both, 30 years apart:&nbsp; $75. </p><p><br /></p><p>Any other long waits out there? </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]884162[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Seleukos I Nikator Tetradrachm</b></p><p><b>(c. 311-300 B.C.) </b></p><p><b>Babylon Mint</b></p><p>Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / AΛEΞANΔPOY right; [BAΣIΛEΩΣ] below; Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; MI above bee in left field; MYP monogram in wreath below throne. </p><p>Price 3754; SC 82.2b</p><p>(17.02 grams / 23 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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