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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2711097, member: 56859&quot;]What a nice gift!</p><p><br /></p><p>There are a gazillion drachms and tetradrachms issued by Alexander III and his successors.&nbsp; Definitive attribution can be tough.</p><p><br /></p><p>As best as I can tell, the reverse of your drachm has an amphora in the left field and a M-something monogram under the chair, possibly ME (ligate).&nbsp; If that is the case, it was struck in Lampsakos.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a more complete attribution:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>KINGS of MACEDON, Antigonos I Monophthalmos</b></p><p>AR drachm in the name and type of Alexander III of Macedon</p><p>Lampsakos mint; struck circa 310-301 BCE</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; AΛEΞANΔΡOY downward in right field; Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on throne, eagle in outstretched right hand, holding sceptre with left hand; amphora in left field, ME monogram below throne</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Price 1417</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&amp;PAGE=1&amp;TABS_TYPE=2&amp;CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=1&amp;IS_ADVANCED=1&amp;ITEM_DESC=drachm%3B+Price+1417&amp;ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&amp;PAGE=1&amp;TABS_TYPE=2&amp;CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=1&amp;IS_ADVANCED=1&amp;ITEM_DESC=drachm%3B+Price+1417&amp;ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1" rel="nofollow">Some examples from CNG&#039;s archives:</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/3020063.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/2830053.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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