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<p>[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7959401, member: 86498"]Alexander III Ar Tetradrachm Tyre 332-328/7 BC. Obv Head of Beardless Herakles in lionskin headdress. Rv Zeus Aetophoros seated left, No footstool. Small o below throne. Price 3244 (Ake) HGC 910m 17.22 grms 24 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1379812[/ATTACH]Once Alexander establish the mint at Tarsos, he commenced minting coins in his name and types at some of the mints along the Levantine coast. What is noteworthy is that even though the early issues from the mint of Tarsos do have a footstool, at least some of the early coins minted at Tyre Sidon, Myriandos (Alexandria ad Issum) as well as Salamis do not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7959401, member: 86498"]Alexander III Ar Tetradrachm Tyre 332-328/7 BC. Obv Head of Beardless Herakles in lionskin headdress. Rv Zeus Aetophoros seated left, No footstool. Small o below throne. Price 3244 (Ake) HGC 910m 17.22 grms 24 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1379812[/ATTACH]Once Alexander establish the mint at Tarsos, he commenced minting coins in his name and types at some of the mints along the Levantine coast. What is noteworthy is that even though the early issues from the mint of Tarsos do have a footstool, at least some of the early coins minted at Tyre Sidon, Myriandos (Alexandria ad Issum) as well as Salamis do not.[/QUOTE]
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