Alexander III, King of Macedonia (336-323 BCE)

My only Alexander coin right now a Price 3761 Tetradrachm issued under Seleucus Nicator,

 

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Great images of a great coin, Arnold. Welcome.

 

Very nice coin. Welcome.

 

very cool

cheers

 

nice relief pic arnold!

 

Extra cool relief pic! Great coin too.

 

Magnificent coin and terrific photos!!!

Welcome Arnold!!

I just ordered a modestly priced digital camera and hope to post a few of my 'old album' coins (instead of just my newly purchased file photos)....so I'll appreciate any photo improvement comments from you and all the others in the weeks to come---Hmmm, I suspect i didn't have to say that

 

This coin of Ptolemy II was struck in Phoenicia. The mint mark between the legs of the Eagle on reverse is not listed. I wish someone could tell me where this bronze Tet of Alexander The Great was struck ?

 

It was struck in Alexandria, not Phoenicia, and is from the Ptolemaic Empire. Telling us the size and weight would be helpful. You can find the attribution on this wonderful site. Scroll down to the "Ptolemy II, Alexandria Post-Reform ca. 260BC Series 3" section. The word "tetradrachm" doesn't apply.

 

Thanks TIF. The coin weighs 11.28 g. Diameter is 22.5 mm.

 

I believe I found the Attribution. It's Svoronos 467. AE = 23 mm. Weight =10.53g
It's the closest to my coin. Still we cannot be perfectly sure whether this coin was struck in Alexandria or Sidon for instance.

 

I'm confused-- what is 23 mm, 10.53 gm? One specific coin you're comparing yours to?

As for certainty regarding location of minting, you're correct that the scholars are not fully in agreement, but your coin perfectly fits with Svoronos 450 shown on the webpage posted above and those are thought to have been struck in Alexandria. The similar Sidon issues have a double cornucopia in the reverse's left field. Svoronos 451 looks the same but is a smaller denomination, with typical weight of ~8 gm. All of this information is on the page I linked.

Your images (scans?) are dark and low resolution, but that appears to be an E between the eagle's legs, not a theta-- so Svoronos 450 rather than 467.

It's a very pretty coin

 

Thanks a lot. You're perfectly right. From the beginning, I opted for Sv 450. And when searching in Wildwind, I found the exact image of my coin there at Sv 450. However the correspondent text mentioned an AE 48 mm. drachm( imagine) . So I'm going to contact Dane.