Yeah, I wasn't overjoyed with the condition (bad pictures though, but it should be in soon and I can see) but didn't want to let it go for $40, especially considering it is a Tet.
Some absolutely fascinating Tets on here. The question I wanted to ask concerns the Tets with the Hercules in the lion skin obverse. How many different figures are there occupying the throne? I guess Zeus is only one...others? Also, is the face of Hercules actually the face of Alexander?
I'm about to do a writeup on Alexander the Great and his coinage, and I was going to address these points there. The figure on the throne was always Zeus for the tets in the same of Alexander. Some of the conquered cultures put in design elements that were reminiscent of their own deities (for example, Ba'al on the Tarsos coins). Here is an example of the similarities between the two deities: My coin from Tarsos: A stater from Tarsos just before the conquest of Alexander (not mine as I cannot afford a decent example of this type yet): Lots of similarities, huh? My attention is drawn to the heads. The Tarsos tet has a dotted crown and a smiling bearded face. I have yet to find another tet from a different city that shares this characteristic, meaning it was unique to Tarsos. As for your other question, I have read that the face of Heracles was supposed to represent the face of Alexander because Heracles was the patron God of Alexander, and he wanted to have a somewhat divine status with his people (which garnered more respect).
