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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 8209654, member: 78244&quot;]Sometimes a coin is so cool, you have to buy it a second time. I sold this back in 2017 to a dealer. I just bought it back from that dealer. He made a profit on paper, but after inflation I paid him less than he paid me</p><p><br /></p><p>This tetradrachm of Alexander III (the great) is one of the earliest dated coins in the world. The earliest dated coins are extremely rare tetradrachma of Samos, dated to 494-489 BCE and 450-449 BCE. Those cost upwards of $10000+ today, which is slightly outside of my budget. The next best thing is this tet of Tyre dated to 330-329 BCE. Some quick research didn’t reveal any dated coins between the Samos tets and this coin, but I would love to be enlightened.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1440027[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1440028[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III &#039;the Great&#039;. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Tyre mint. Struck under Menes. Dated RY 20 of Azemilkos (330/29 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, -|O (Phoenician &#039;K = &#039;Ozmilk [king of Tyre]) above || (date). Price 3250</p><p><br /></p><p>And since you are almost certainly curious, here is the earliest dated coin, a Samian tetradrachm, dated year A/1 (494/3 BCE):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1440029[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to share the earliest dated coin in your collection![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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