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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3180316, member: 19463&quot;]My contribution (as with most of my coins shown here many times before) from Arados was dated in exergue to OE or year 75 (185 BC) but I only know this because I have seen a coin of the same dies that was not centered high so it had those letters on flan (Cederlind list #85 coin 43).&nbsp; The die is very distinctive because of the long die break across the center of Zeus&#039; body.&nbsp; Obviously I would prefer a coin with the date on flan but finding the die match is a close second. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]819433[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A civic issue like mine above refers to the coin being issued by the city (e.g. Arados or Temnos) after the line of kings had expired but the Alexander types were still popular.&nbsp; My 185 BC coin was several generations after the death of the last person who lived during the time of Alexander.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Another interesting (to me, anyway) Alexander is this tetradrachm with unfortunate obverse centering.&nbsp; At 16.9g and good metal it would seem to be good spending money but the style is not a match of any regular issue.&nbsp; The curved Basileus and feet position do not seem consistent.&nbsp; The big oddity is the complete lack of a minor device or mint letter.&nbsp; I would be interested in comments from any specialist in these coins. I got it from Christian Blom in 1990.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]819457[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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