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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tenacious, post: 1936257, member: 14553&quot;]You beat me to it.</p><p>With the third coin being a posthumous Babylon.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I don&#039;t mean to be a party pooper. But the coin in the very first post is not a Babylonian issue. The style of Herakles, Zeus and even Zeus&#039;s throne all point to a Macedonian issue. Don&#039;t forget that symbols like the snake can, and have been, used at more than one mint. So those symbols alone are not necessarily definitive as to mint of origin.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the OP -</p><p>&quot;Similar to Sear 6724, Price 3665 Variant.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the OP coin compared with Price 3665 which is a lifetime Babylon -</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae295/myimagesdigital/CoinTalk/OPandPrice3665_zpsdda75a43.jpg~original" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>OP coin -</p><p>- typical Macedonian Herakles style with spiky lion&#039;s mane</p><p>- throne is of Macedonian mint style</p><p>- Zeus&#039;s left arm reaches well above his head, Macedonian style</p><p><br /></p><p>Babylonian Price 3665 -</p><p>- typical Babylonian style Herakles with curved lion&#039;s mane</p><p>- throne is of Babylonian mint style</p><p>- the M and monogram below throne are definitive for Babylon</p><p><br /></p><p>Etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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