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Message:: [QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 8249573, member: 86498"]Kassander apparently does not mint precious metal coins in his name preferring to use coins bearing the names of Philip II and Alexander III. It is noteworthy that he is minting silver coins in two distinct weight standards the tetradrachms in the name and types of Philip II which were struck at a standard of 14.4 grms and those of Alexander which were struck at a weight standard of 17.2 grms. Oddly this division was continued with the gold however in this case as both the coins struck in the name of Philip as well as those of Alexander both were at the Attic standard of 8.6 grms. Kassander Ar Tetradrachm  Amphipolis 315-294 BC In the name and types of Alexander III Obv. Head of beardless Herakles right in lions skin headdress. Rv Zeus Aetophoros seated left. In left field Lambda over race torch. Price 447 17.05 grms 29 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1453031[/ATTACH]It is during the reign of Kassander that we see for the first time the crossed legged image of Zeus being used at the mint of Amphipolis with any frequency. This is important since now that the Troxell Group E coinage  from this mint has been moved from being lifetime to being posthumous. This would likely mean that the group G through to L coins are even later than what Troxell had postulated. This also has some ramifications towards the dating of the drachm coinage from the mints in Asia Minor.[/QUOTE]