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<p>[QUOTE="kirispupis, post: 7961091, member: 118780"]Looking at this a bit more seriously, here's a much later tet with a footstool.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380061[/ATTACH] </p><p>KINGS of MACEDON. Ptolemy Keraunos. 281-279 BC. AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monograms in left field and below throne. Price 537; Mathisen, Administrative –. </p><p>Ex CNG</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are my two lifetime tets. Both have foot stools, but the second one is off the flan.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380062[/ATTACH] </p><p>Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AR Tetradrachm. Struck under Stamenes or Archon. Babylon, circa 324/3 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, monogram over M below throne. Price 3599; Müller 670. 16.68g, 27mm, 2h.</p><p>Ex Roma</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380063[/ATTACH] </p><p>Tetradrachm (Silver, 24 mm, 16.80 g, 7 h), Susa, struck under Koinos, circa 324-323. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. [BAΣIΛEΩΣ] - AΛEΞANΔP[OY] Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left and below throne, monogram. Price 3829.</p><p>Ex Leu</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's one of my earliest posthumous tets. No foot stool.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380064[/ATTACH] </p><p>Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III. Amphipolis, circa 323-320 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding eagle and sceptre; Phrygian cap before, BAΣIΛEΩΣ to left, ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right. Price 112; Troxell, Studies, Issue H2, 61; Müller 854. 17.06g, 26mm, 3h.</p><p>Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung</p><p>Ex Roma</p><p><br /></p><p>In comparison, here is a Mazaios, which seems to have influenced the early Alexanders. No foot stool.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380074[/ATTACH] </p><p>Tarsos. Mazaios, Satrap. Circa 361-334 BC. AR Stater.</p><p>Baaltars seated left, holding sceptre surmounted by an eagle in right hand,</p><p>left arm at side; grain ear, bunch of grapes to left, monogram under throne</p><p>/ Lion attacking bull above double row of turreted walls.</p><p>Catalog: SNG Levante 113; SNG France 360</p><p>Weight: 10.11 g</p><p>Ex Fenzl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kirispupis, post: 7961091, member: 118780"]Looking at this a bit more seriously, here's a much later tet with a footstool. [ATTACH=full]1380061[/ATTACH] KINGS of MACEDON. Ptolemy Keraunos. 281-279 BC. AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monograms in left field and below throne. Price 537; Mathisen, Administrative –. Ex CNG Here are my two lifetime tets. Both have foot stools, but the second one is off the flan. [ATTACH=full]1380062[/ATTACH] Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AR Tetradrachm. Struck under Stamenes or Archon. Babylon, circa 324/3 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, monogram over M below throne. Price 3599; Müller 670. 16.68g, 27mm, 2h. Ex Roma [ATTACH=full]1380063[/ATTACH] Tetradrachm (Silver, 24 mm, 16.80 g, 7 h), Susa, struck under Koinos, circa 324-323. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. [BAΣIΛEΩΣ] - AΛEΞANΔP[OY] Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left and below throne, monogram. Price 3829. Ex Leu Here's one of my earliest posthumous tets. No foot stool. [ATTACH=full]1380064[/ATTACH] Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III. Amphipolis, circa 323-320 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding eagle and sceptre; Phrygian cap before, BAΣIΛEΩΣ to left, ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right. Price 112; Troxell, Studies, Issue H2, 61; Müller 854. 17.06g, 26mm, 3h. Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung Ex Roma In comparison, here is a Mazaios, which seems to have influenced the early Alexanders. No foot stool. [ATTACH=full]1380074[/ATTACH] Tarsos. Mazaios, Satrap. Circa 361-334 BC. AR Stater. Baaltars seated left, holding sceptre surmounted by an eagle in right hand, left arm at side; grain ear, bunch of grapes to left, monogram under throne / Lion attacking bull above double row of turreted walls. Catalog: SNG Levante 113; SNG France 360 Weight: 10.11 g Ex Fenzl[/QUOTE]
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