Happy Birthday, Alexander The Great

On this day, Alexander the Great was born in 356 BC.

Let's share our coins of him.


Alexander III the Great (336 - 323 B.C.)
AR Tetradrachm
O: Head of Alexander as Hercules right, wearing lion-skin headdress.
R: AΛEΞAN∆POY, Zeus enthroned left, right leg forward (archaic lifetime style), eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, bow on left.
Salamis mint, struck 332-323 B.C.
16.95g
25mm
Price 3139 ; SNG Alpha Bank 662; Newell. Salamis 7.

Lifetime Issue



Alexander The Great, Macedonian Kingdom, (336 - 323 B.C.)
AR Drachm
Posthumous
O: Herakles' head right, clad in Nemean lion scalp headdress tied at neck.
R: ΑΛΕΞΑΝ∆ΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, eagle in right, long vertical scepter in left, X within Ω left, KH under throne.
Mylasa mint 310-300 B.C.
4.1g
16mm
Price 2480

 

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Happy Birthday Alexander! And fitting because of the black sarcophagus recently discovered in Alexandria which some theorize may be from his tomb (probably not) but it is nice to speculate.

 

I thought they just opened it and it was not.

 

ALEXANDER III
AR Drachm
OBVERSE: Head of Herakles right in lionskin headdress
REVERSE: ALEXANDROU, Zeus Aetophoros seated left, holding eagle and sceptre. Forepart of Pegasos left in left field, X on W monogram beneath throne
Struck at Abydos 325-323 BC
4.2g, 17mm
Price 1505

MACEDONIAN KINGDOM
Coinage in the style of Alexander III
AR Drachm
OBVERSE: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin
REVERSE: AΛEΞANΔΡOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; crescent in left field, monogram below throne
Kolophon, Macedonia 310-301 BC
19mm, 4.5g
Price 1827
ex. JAZ Numismatics

 

..happy bday Alex lll!

 

Great coins @Mat @Bing and @ominus1 I have a soft spot for coins depicting Alexander III. I dont have a lifetime issue of dear old Alex, though I do have several of his half-brother Philip III Arridaios.

Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm 323-317 BC. In the name of Alexander III. Babylon mint. Struck under Archon, Dokimos, or Seleukos I, circa 323-318/7 BC.
26mm, 17.20 g
Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.
Rev: Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; M in left field, ΛY above strut of throne. AΛEΞAN∆POY (Alexander) downward, BAΣIΛEΩΣ below throne.
Price 3692

 

i guess @Ryro is busy this morning because otherwise he'd be on this pronto!..

 

Alexander III Tetradrachm Amphipolis Troxell Group B 7 Probably minted from 332 B.C. to 326 B.C. Lifetime Alexander tetradrachms from this mint have become more difficult now that there is some controversy over Troxell's Group E and F's which some now consider posthumous

 

Happy B'd Alexander III... also another great: Mankind landed on the Moon 20-Jul-1969.


Makedon Alexander Lifetime Tet Myriandrus mint-Alexandria near Issus

His Father, who helped make it happen:

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

 

i remember that day, it was a Saturday i believe... my Mother said we should pay attention to the tv that day and i did look occasionally as i ran and played going in & out of the house..i was 11...

 

I was 10. I watched it with my Great Grandfather 'til 2 or so in the morn when they walked out onto the surface. It was interesting. My Great Grandfather grew up with no electricty, no cars (horse and buggy), and here is is watching the moon landing with me. Wow. amazing change in HIS lifetime!

Here are a couple coins with the MOON on it! Instead of an alter on the reverse, I think I see the Lunar Lander!

India, Chalukyas of GujaratGadhaiya Paisa
Billon drachm Gadhaiya Paisa), 4.6g, 14mm, 3h; ca 9th cent AD
Obv.: degenerated Indo-Sasanian style bust to right, sun and moon above
Rev.: stylized fire altar, sun above left, crescent moon above right
Reference: Deyell 156-159


India, Anonymous, Chalukyas of Gujarat, Anonymous Silver drachm (gadhaiya paisa).
AR drachm (gadhaiya paisa), c. 11th century.
Obv.: Degenerate Indo-Sasanian style bust right, sun and moon (crown?) above.
Rev.: Stylized fire altar, sun (consisting of rosette of dots) above left, crescent moon above right.
Reference: Deyell 158, Mitchiner Non-Islamic 42

 

Happy birthday, Alex! Thanks for leaving us so many fabulous coins


KINGS OF MACEDON, Alexander III
AR tetradrachm, 17.14 gm
late lifetime issue, struck in Aradus c. 324/3 BCE
Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.
Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ; Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; I in left field; AP monogram below throne
Ref: Price 3325
ex Colosseo Collection

 

that is wowing ain't it?!..the 20th century was an age of many changes and future shock to be sure...i have one of these Indo-Sassanian coins...i can't see the moon on it tho ..

 

Re: the moon landing I wasn't born yet (that was 1970) but I did enjoy the later landings (which I do remember). My mom also bought TANG instant breakfast drink which came with a small lunar rover inside the packaging.

 

a lifetime with Herculus from Side:



and one struck under Ptolemy I soter as satrap of Egypt, lifetime portrait of Alexander as defeid and according to his friend and former general.

 

ah, good ole(not really)tang...so good even the astronauts drink it!..^^

 

Here is my lifetime tet



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.

 

Happy birthday Alexander

I posted this on Forvm a few days ago - it's an online exhibition of coins of Alexander and other Hellenistic rulers from the collections of the Canterbury and Otago Museums as well as the University of Canterbury's James Logie Memorial Collection. I don't know a lot about Hellenistic coins myself so I don't know if there is anything particularly interesting pictured but they are at least nice coins!

http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/exhibition/alexander/

NB a lot of the text links are broken but if you click on the pictures instead you will get to the right place

 

Working mans dead. But, thanks for tagging me so this was the first thing I saw when I got home and what an awesome thread and beautiful lifetime Alexander tet @Mat!!!
I mean I did name my son after the man and my poor wife had to spend hours telling me why it was not appropriate for us to give him 2 middle names...The Great! So yeah @ominus1 I am down for all things ATG3.
Here's my favs of what I have...

MACEDONIANKINGDOM.
AlexanderIIItheGreat (336-
323 BC). AR tetradrachm
(15.98 gm). About VF,
countermark, graffito.Late
posthumous issue of Perga,
dated CY 27 (195/4 BC).
Heracles wearing lion-skin,
AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left
on backless throne, right leg
drawn back, feet on ground line,
eagleinrighthand,scepterin

Kairos
Lysimachos
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ


Alexander III'theGreat'
Kingdom of Macedon, AR
Drachm. Abydos (?), circa 310-
301 BCE. Head of Herakles right
wearing lion skin headdress /
ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus
Aëtophoros seated left, palm in
left field, around; monogram and
Ξ in fields. Price 1528; SNG
Copenhagen995.4.15g,17mm
3.83gr




AlexanderIII "the Great"
Abydos.336-323 BC. AR
Drachm (17mm, 4.17g).
Head of Herakles right,
wearinglion skin / Zeus
Aëtophoros seated left,
monogram in left field, Z
below throne.


Alexander III'theGreat'
336-323 BC. AR Drachm
(17mm, 4.19g).Miletos mint,
ca. 325-323 BC. Head of
Herakles right, wearing lion's
skin headdress /
AΛEΞANΔPOY,


PtolemyISoter
305-282 BCE. Æ. Tyre mint.
Struck after 294 or 289/8
BC. Diademed head of
Alexander the Great right /
Eagle standing left on
thunderbolt, wings



Roman emperial probably during the reign of Gordian III.
Obv: Alexander the great as Herakles with lion skin cap.
Rev: ATG3 with Busephalus


Alexander IIItheGreat
336-323 BCE AE 19 (18
mm 4.70 gr) unknown mint

 

ah, i knew you'd chime in sooner of later