Bucket list coin - Alexander

Alexander the Great is probably my favorite historical character and the coin below is a bucket list coin for me. There might be nicer examples, but this one is mine, and I’m thrilled with it!!!

It’s also the most I’ve spent on a coin and I almost threw up when I sent my bid.

 

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I've got one, but not a lifetime issue. Those cost a premium. Looks like JA hooked you up! Nice coin!

 

Nice pick-up @GerardV. I still need a Tet like this. Congrats.

 

Thank you

 

If people want to post their bucket list coin that will work too.

 

Finally got all my babies together...both tets cost less than $100, now for an owl and a turtle...

 

Very nice example, congrats! Here is my lifetime tet from Amphipolis.

Kings of Macedon, Alexander III ‘the Great' (336-323 BC). AR Tetradrachm

(26mm, 17.00g, 9h). Amphipolis, c. 332-326 BC.

Obv: Head of Herakles r., wearing lion skin.

Rev: Zeus Aëtophoros seated l.; janiform head in l. field.

Price 6; Troxell, Studies, Issue A3. Some roughness, VF

Saint Paul Antiques Auction 2 Lot 10, March 18, 2017.

 

Congrats Gerard ,I like your Tet, welldone.

Here's my Babylon lifetime:

 

WOW, Great job @GerardV ! Congrats on your Lifetime Issue. And, yes, you got it from the right source with @John Anthony ! It is a great looking capture, and I know you got it for a good price. Well done! (Yeah, I considered chasing it... )

Here are some of my Lifetime Alexander III's:


Makedon Alexander Lifetime Tet Myriandrus mint-Alexandria near Issus


Makedon Alexander - Alexandrine Babylon Di-Shekel Tet 24mm 16.3g LIFETIME-Gamma 328-311 Baal-Lion Nicolet-Pierre p291 7


Makedon Alexander III 336-323 BC AR Obol 7mm 051g Babylon Lifetime Herakles lion skin Club bow quiver monogram in wreath M Price 3744

 

Cant go wrong with JA! Nice coin!!

 

Congrats on acquiring a ‘bucket list’ coin. That’s a very nice addition.

 

Thanks again, everyone. @Sallent offered to help me find an Alexander drachma when I first started hanging out here. But, I won the Bag o Roman’s from @Deacon Ray and that scuttled it.

Back then, I never thought a coin like this was going to be an option.

In essence, we own history when we are the caretaker of these beauties for a blink of an eye in historical time. Tough to beat it.

It’s nice to see everyone’s examples as well. Great stuff.

 

It looks great. You were wise to go with Babylon: it is the best mint for these.

 

hahaha ><...me too

 

almost lost your lunch eh?...i can only imagine, as i'm "to tight for tets"..

 

Congrats on the tet @GerardV that is a really nice coin. I wanted to bid on it and am really glad it went to a fellow Ohioan. All I have is a posthumous drachm.

Alexander III AR Drachm, Magnesia mint, posthumous, c. 323 - 319 B.C.
4.225g, 17.3mm
Obv: head of Herakles right, clad in Nemean Lion scalp headdress tied at neck
Rev: ALEXANDROU, Zeus seated left on throne, right leg drawn back, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, bee right, spear head outer right.
Price 1936 Rare

 

@GerardV now that you have your Lifetime Alexander III, you REALLY need to score a Lifetime Philip II.

Alexander was famous for expertly executing PHILIP's plan! When you really read Philip's History, you REALLY begin to realize this man's brilliance, him being the true mastermind behind the destruction of the Persian Empire.

I studied Alex in University, but the real story behind that guy was his awesome Daddy! (Mommy was a fruit-basket!)


Makedon Philip II Tet Pella LIFETIME 353-349 Zeus Horse star spearhd Le Rider 102

 

Great coin!

Alexander III AR Tetradrachm. ‘Amphipolis’ mint. Struck under Kassander, circa 316-314 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; shield in left field, pellet-in-Π below throne.

Price 136; Troxell, Studies, issue L8.

 

This one hasn't gotten much air time as of late.

 

Yep, and the only complaint I've ever had about JA is he told me barf bags were extra!