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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Reid Goldsborough, post: 30011, member: 34&quot;]You need to either upload a picture or, not quite as useful, better describe this coin on order to have it attributed. Look at the reverse. Is the serpent really coiled around the staff that Zeus is holding? I&#039;m not aware of this happening with Alexander coins. Or is the serpent or snake beneath Zeus&#039;s throne or to the left of his legs?</p><p><br /></p><p>Michael said that some drachms of Philip III&#039;s, Alexander son, depict a serpent on the reverse, but so do some of Alexander&#039;s drachms as well, from several different cities. The way to distinguish coins of Alexander III from coins of Philip III is by the inscription, which is also on the reverse but that may be partly off it or difficult to read, depending on how well the coin was struck and how worn it is. If the first two letters of the inscription or one of the two words in the inscription if it consists of two words are legible and look like AA (actually A and a letter that looks like an upside down triangle similar to an A), this would indicate it&#039;s a coin of Alexander or a coin minted in his name after his death (still considered an Alexander coin).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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