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<p>[QUOTE="R*L, post: 3565992, member: 96878"]Coincidentally I've just started uploading my Macedonian/Hellenistic coins to my Forum Gallery. A couple of Philip II's and one other Alexander AE to go, but here's the Alexander related coins I've uploaded to date.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]948702[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Antigonos I Monophthalmos, 306–301 BC. Abydos Mint, c. 310-301 BC. 17mm., 4.12g. Head of Alexander III assimilated to Herakles right, wearing lionskin, knotted at base of neck / AΛEΞANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left, nude to waist, holding eagle in out-stretched hand, and sceptre, MY monogram in left field, ivy leaf beneath chair. References: Price 1527</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-155954" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-155954" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-155954</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]948703[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Lifetime issue of Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323). Macedonian mint. 336-323 BC. 18mm., 5.6g. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin. AΛEΞANΔPOY. Club and quiver. Symbol: *?</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-155956" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-155956" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-155956</a></p><p><br /></p><p>These are outside my area of focus, so I'm not very familiar with the type and don't have references beyond what can be easily found online. If anyone with sharp eyes and a good knowledge of the lifetime AE issue of Alexander can identify the symbol under the club of the last one it would be appreciated! I'm not 100% convinced that it is a star, but that's the closest I've seen so far.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="R*L, post: 3565992, member: 96878"]Coincidentally I've just started uploading my Macedonian/Hellenistic coins to my Forum Gallery. A couple of Philip II's and one other Alexander AE to go, but here's the Alexander related coins I've uploaded to date. [ATTACH=full]948702[/ATTACH] Antigonos I Monophthalmos, 306–301 BC. Abydos Mint, c. 310-301 BC. 17mm., 4.12g. Head of Alexander III assimilated to Herakles right, wearing lionskin, knotted at base of neck / AΛEΞANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left, nude to waist, holding eagle in out-stretched hand, and sceptre, MY monogram in left field, ivy leaf beneath chair. References: Price 1527 [url]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-155954[/url] [ATTACH=full]948703[/ATTACH] Lifetime issue of Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323). Macedonian mint. 336-323 BC. 18mm., 5.6g. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin. AΛEΞANΔPOY. Club and quiver. Symbol: *? [url]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-155956[/url] These are outside my area of focus, so I'm not very familiar with the type and don't have references beyond what can be easily found online. If anyone with sharp eyes and a good knowledge of the lifetime AE issue of Alexander can identify the symbol under the club of the last one it would be appreciated! I'm not 100% convinced that it is a star, but that's the closest I've seen so far.[/QUOTE]
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