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<p>[QUOTE="kirispupis, post: 7789163, member: 118780"]That's a beautiful tet! I love the face of Helios on it, and I would have thought it was a tet from Rhodes until I looked it up. I do wonder what the motive for that mark was.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also struggled with identifying a coin for Perdikkas. Since my main source is Pella, and they didn't show much that identified to his short reign, I zero'd in on Tyre and Sidon since they dated their coins. The one I posted above is from Tyre and dated RY 29 of Azemilkos, or 321/0. The precise date of his death is 321 or 320, so there is the possibility this coin was minted just afterwards, but the odds seem pretty good it's lifetime.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also wanted to make sure it was a region under the control of Perdikkas, so obviously anything from Macedon wouldn't count. Perdikkas' army supposedly marched through the area on the way to Egypt. After his death, Ptolemy moved northward to take the cities, so I presume around the time of this coin Perdikkas had control.</p><p><br /></p><p>One curious detail from your post: it was my understanding that "Basileos" was used on some lifetime Alexander coins. As I read, this was a common title in the East, but was not a Macedonian practice and was not preferred by Alexander - but some cities in the East still used it. Is there new research indicating that all "Basileos Alexandros" coins are posthumous? I'd love to read it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kirispupis, post: 7789163, member: 118780"]That's a beautiful tet! I love the face of Helios on it, and I would have thought it was a tet from Rhodes until I looked it up. I do wonder what the motive for that mark was. I also struggled with identifying a coin for Perdikkas. Since my main source is Pella, and they didn't show much that identified to his short reign, I zero'd in on Tyre and Sidon since they dated their coins. The one I posted above is from Tyre and dated RY 29 of Azemilkos, or 321/0. The precise date of his death is 321 or 320, so there is the possibility this coin was minted just afterwards, but the odds seem pretty good it's lifetime. I also wanted to make sure it was a region under the control of Perdikkas, so obviously anything from Macedon wouldn't count. Perdikkas' army supposedly marched through the area on the way to Egypt. After his death, Ptolemy moved northward to take the cities, so I presume around the time of this coin Perdikkas had control. One curious detail from your post: it was my understanding that "Basileos" was used on some lifetime Alexander coins. As I read, this was a common title in the East, but was not a Macedonian practice and was not preferred by Alexander - but some cities in the East still used it. Is there new research indicating that all "Basileos Alexandros" coins are posthumous? I'd love to read it.[/QUOTE]
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