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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3655460, member: 85693"]In my very inexpert opinion, it looks genuine to me. I rather like worn coins such as this one - and I even like off-center as well. The weight is good.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only thing I do not care for is the fact that there is nothing on the reverse to help with attribution - these usually have symbols or monograms on the reverse, either in the right field or under the throne or both. This is what makes these fun for me, trying to figure out what era and mint the coin came from. Because of the position of Zeus's feet, you could state that it is "Alexander posthumous" but you couldn't really go much beyond that, I think.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an off-center example from my small collection of these. It is from Alexander's successor Philip III - after hours of searching, I have never been able to attribute it, never having found the control symbols. It's out there, somewhere, and from time to time I poke around the Internet looking, hoping...I posted it earlier on CT and nobody knew what it was either. It remains as one of my unattributables.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]982363[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Macedonia</b> <b>Kingdom Drachm</b></p><p><b>Philip III Arrhidaios </b></p><p><b>(c. 323-319 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Thrace-Kolophon mint ?</b></p><p>Head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin / FILIPPOU, Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle & scepter, F left, club (?) rt., knife (?) under throne.</p><p>Unattributed</p><p>(3.99 grams / 17 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>I paid $29.99 for mine, which is on the low end for these, even worn, from what I've seen on eBay. "Real" auctions probably don't mess with these in this condition except in bulk.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3655460, member: 85693"]In my very inexpert opinion, it looks genuine to me. I rather like worn coins such as this one - and I even like off-center as well. The weight is good. The only thing I do not care for is the fact that there is nothing on the reverse to help with attribution - these usually have symbols or monograms on the reverse, either in the right field or under the throne or both. This is what makes these fun for me, trying to figure out what era and mint the coin came from. Because of the position of Zeus's feet, you could state that it is "Alexander posthumous" but you couldn't really go much beyond that, I think. Here is an off-center example from my small collection of these. It is from Alexander's successor Philip III - after hours of searching, I have never been able to attribute it, never having found the control symbols. It's out there, somewhere, and from time to time I poke around the Internet looking, hoping...I posted it earlier on CT and nobody knew what it was either. It remains as one of my unattributables. [ATTACH=full]982363[/ATTACH] [B]Macedonia[/B] [B]Kingdom Drachm Philip III Arrhidaios (c. 323-319 B.C.) Thrace-Kolophon mint ?[/B] Head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin / FILIPPOU, Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle & scepter, F left, club (?) rt., knife (?) under throne. Unattributed (3.99 grams / 17 mm) I paid $29.99 for mine, which is on the low end for these, even worn, from what I've seen on eBay. "Real" auctions probably don't mess with these in this condition except in bulk.[/QUOTE]
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