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<p>[QUOTE="Dougmeister, post: 3574296, member: 56842"]Other folks who are knowledgeable about such things can provide you with much more valuable information.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">(Since you said you'd "like to ID this", I'm assuming that you are looking for information about the coin, as well as verification on the authenticity.)</font></p><p><br /></p><p>I cannot speak to the authenticity of the piece, but as a newbie, I can tell you that I'm pretty sure it is a real/fake <b>lifetime </b>issue of Alexander the Great.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is either a drachm (pronounced "dram") or a Tetradrachm (which is larger).</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><b><i>Coin Types</i></b></p><p><i>The drachm is about 18 mm wide and weighs about 4.2 grams of silver (size of a penny). The tetradrachm size varies according to when and where it was minted but ranges from 25-40 mm wide and weighs 17.2 grams of silver (larger than a quarter).</i></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><b><i>Coin Inscriptions</i></b></p><p><i>There are two types of inscriptions found on the reverse of Alexander coins. The primary inscription is ALEXANDROU (of Alexander) and ALEXANDROU BASILEWS (of Alexander the King). The "of" refers to the "coin of Alexander". The title "King" found on certain coins varied according to region and time period. The Greek speaking people were not partial to the idea of being ruled by any king and therefore the title is not generally found on Alexander coins of mainland Greece.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><a href="http://www.coinsoftime.com/Articles/Coins_of_Alexander_the_Great.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinsoftime.com/Articles/Coins_of_Alexander_the_Great.html" rel="nofollow"><i>http://www.coinsoftime.com/Articles/Coins_of_Alexander_the_Great.html</i></a></p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Dougmeister, post: 3574296, member: 56842"]Other folks who are knowledgeable about such things can provide you with much more valuable information. [SIZE=3](Since you said you'd "like to ID this", I'm assuming that you are looking for information about the coin, as well as verification on the authenticity.)[/SIZE] I cannot speak to the authenticity of the piece, but as a newbie, I can tell you that I'm pretty sure it is a real/fake [B]lifetime [/B]issue of Alexander the Great. It is either a drachm (pronounced "dram") or a Tetradrachm (which is larger). [INDENT][B][I]Coin Types[/I][/B] [I]The drachm is about 18 mm wide and weighs about 4.2 grams of silver (size of a penny). The tetradrachm size varies according to when and where it was minted but ranges from 25-40 mm wide and weighs 17.2 grams of silver (larger than a quarter).[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][B][I]Coin Inscriptions[/I][/B] [I]There are two types of inscriptions found on the reverse of Alexander coins. The primary inscription is ALEXANDROU (of Alexander) and ALEXANDROU BASILEWS (of Alexander the King). The "of" refers to the "coin of Alexander". The title "King" found on certain coins varied according to region and time period. The Greek speaking people were not partial to the idea of being ruled by any king and therefore the title is not generally found on Alexander coins of mainland Greece. [/I] [URL='http://www.coinsoftime.com/Articles/Coins_of_Alexander_the_Great.html'][I]http://www.coinsoftime.com/Articles/Coins_of_Alexander_the_Great.html[/I][/URL][/INDENT][/QUOTE]
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