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<p>[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 2503803, member: 78244"]I've been doing some research on these coins to judge rarity and value.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first is a Price 3019, struck from 327-323. It is fairly common and worth a little more than I paid for it. I really like it, and I think it was worth every penny I paid.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=42108" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=42108" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=42108</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The second one was a surprise. It is apparently from the scarce Ake mint, and lifetime issues are nearly impossible to find for sale. As I did my research, I learned that the Ake mint was the only one from Alexander's reign to date their coins, which appeared as a reign year underneath Zeus' forearm. This one says CY 20, or 327/6 BC, which is the earliest dated coin of Alexander the Great (or maybe the Greek empire?). The attribution is Price 3250. I could only find two sale results, one for $1250 and another for $1200, though they were both better than mine.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=102382" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=102382" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=102382</a></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=161888" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=161888" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=161888</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 2503803, member: 78244"]I've been doing some research on these coins to judge rarity and value. The first is a Price 3019, struck from 327-323. It is fairly common and worth a little more than I paid for it. I really like it, and I think it was worth every penny I paid. [url]https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=42108[/url] The second one was a surprise. It is apparently from the scarce Ake mint, and lifetime issues are nearly impossible to find for sale. As I did my research, I learned that the Ake mint was the only one from Alexander's reign to date their coins, which appeared as a reign year underneath Zeus' forearm. This one says CY 20, or 327/6 BC, which is the earliest dated coin of Alexander the Great (or maybe the Greek empire?). The attribution is Price 3250. I could only find two sale results, one for $1250 and another for $1200, though they were both better than mine. [url]https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=102382[/url] [url]https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=161888[/url][/QUOTE]
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