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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 4583969, member: 96635&quot;]Yes Alexander definitely changed the Western and rge Eastern world, and I would agree if anyone says that Alexander his coins were the first official intercontinental currency of the world.</p><p>I was reading why the Seleukid Empire issued so few drachms compared to tetradrachms, ofcourse it has several reasons (for example big silver is easier to manage and control), but one big reason is just... There were enough drachms, Alexander drachms were circulating even in the core of Syria, there was few demand for more drachms, so few supply as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let me throw in a random Seleukid drachm in here as well <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.coinarchives.com/795de88858e25df7e3ae065f8e8a099c/img/gorny/267/image03294.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) (121/0-97/6 B.C.) AR Drachm. 3rd reign at Antioch. <b>Antiochia on the Orontes mint, 109-96 B.C.</b></b></p><p><b><b><b>Obverse:</b> </b></b>Diademed head of Antiochos VIII to right.</p><p><b><b>Reverse:</b> </b>BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOXOY - EΠIΦANOYΣ. Tripod; monogram over Γ to outer left.</p><p><b><b>Reference:</b> </b>SC 2310; HGC 9, 1209.</p><p>3.74g</p><p><i>Ex Shlomo Moussaieff Collection, London, 1948 - 2000.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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