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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 4988472, member: 96635&quot;]That is a great example, wow!</p><p>As far as I know the title of ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ was not used on life time issues of Alexander, eventhough the legs of Zeus are not crossed.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree with [USER=94602]@pprp[/USER] It looks like it is Price 2949: <a href="http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.2949" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.2949" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.2949</a></p><p>Mint is in Side (or atleast an Cilician mint) and posthumous.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here two of the last tetradrachms struck in the name of Alexander:</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/3WlAi3h.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Alexander III. &quot;the Great&quot;. AR Tetradrachm. Civic issue, Odessos mint (80-72/1 B.C.). Struck in the time of Mithridates VI.</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Head of Herakles wearing lion&#039;s skin right, with the features of Mithradates VI.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; ΛΑΚΩ above knee, ΟΔΗ in exergue.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> Callataÿ Group 3; Topalov, Odesos 80; Price 1193; HGC 3, 1589.</p><p>16.12g; 29mm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/AhhNluA.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Alexander III. &quot;the Great&quot;. AR Tetradrachm. Civic issue, Mesembria mint (100-72/1 B.C.). Struck in the time of Mithridates VI.</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Head of Herakles wearing lion&#039;s skin right, with the features of Mithradates VI.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ / MEΣAM, Zeus seated left, holding spear and eagle; to left, ΔIO.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> Price 1128; Karayotov I 316; HGC 3, 1570.</p><p>16.10g; 33mm[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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