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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jb_depew, post: 3731968, member: 88227&quot;]Here are two coins of Alexander the Great: a&nbsp; lifetime tetradrachm struck in Tarsos and a tiny obol. I don&#039;t know if the obols are less common because there were less struck, or if they were just frequently lost and never found.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/xdAgZlk.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/nGheB4d.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Side by side:</b></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/SGB52se.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/3ZQnyrX.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It seems there was not much of a break in mint activity between the time Tarsos was in Persian hands and when it was taken by Alexander, early in his reign. Zeus, on the reverse of Alexander&#039;s coin, bears a striking resemblance to Baaltars on earlier Persian staters.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.coinarchives.com/99d45fb085d7052beb6a948df6bf5e90/img/gorny/265/image00458.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><i>Image link: Gorny &amp; Mosch Geissener Munzhandlung.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>My tetradrachm weighs in at 17.15g (29mm) and the obol at .43g (9mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>When I bought the tet I was unsure about the stain, but it has grown on me. An ancient Cheeto smudge perhaps?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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