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Message:: [QUOTE="Kaleun96, post: 25377254, member: 92635"]As mentioned by others, the parallel legs of Zeus is a clue but IMO it shouldn't serve as anything more than a starting point, I wouldn't make a determination about lifetime vs posthumous on the leg position alone. Instead, you have to check the literature for that type to see what the current estimate for the minting date is. For most Alexander types, this is still Price's work from 1991 and you can check his attributions using the PELLA database that I linked above. His work is 30 years old at this point so some attributions are outdated (or were even wrong at the time) so you then have to check to see if there's any more recent research on those types or conflicting research from back when Price published his work. Price dates the type with the bow in the left field from Salamis to 332-323 BC but he doesn't offer any specific evidence for that dating aside from noting they're likely linked to the gold staters that share the same symbol. Troxell may have written more about them since but I can't recall off the top of my head. Based on other aspects of the style, and when the other Cypriot mints were likely active, I'd say a date between 327-320 BC is most likely for that type. It's probably a lifetime type but I don't think there's any specific evidence to confirm it.[/QUOTE]