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Message:: [QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 4770344, member: 51347"]ALEXANDER III MAKEDOWN LIFETIME <img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2020-4-25_16-50-27-png.1107287/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/alexander-babylon-tet-di-shekel-compare-thick-to-3-quarters-jpg.1107286/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />BABALONIA, BabylonAlexander III LifetimeAR Tetradrachm / Stater (or Dishekel)Minted ca. 323-328 B.C.24 mm, 16.3gObv: Ba’al seated left holding scepterRev: Lion walking left, control mark Г above. (Control mark Г was minted during Alexander III Lifetime)Ref: Ref: BMC Arabia XXII no.1Comment: "This type was discussed by Martin Price in his article "Circulation at Babylon in 323 BC," in the book "Mnemata: Papers in Memory of Nancy M. Waggoner." He asserts that a reengraved die clearly shows the "lion staters" with gamma followed the ones with delta. "They are probably shekels on the local standard." (page 67). He dates them to the lifetime of Alexander, because they were present in a hoard with deposition dated to 323/2. He doesn't give the earliest possible date explicitly, but mentions that Mazaeus was governor until 328 and issued coins, so I infer Price would put them at or after 328. So you can say "Struck 323 or before, under Alexander the Great." Quoted from [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER]Ex: [USER=44140]@Ancientnoob[/USER][/QUOTE]