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<p>[QUOTE="Topcat7, post: 8345022, member: 73372"]This is not a 'great' coin, or a 'rare' coin, but on a number of occasions, on this page, collectors have shown coins with a variety of fauna. We have seen goats, octopi, turtles, donkeys, elephants and to name a few, but to my recollection, never a mouse, (let alone one on an 'Alexander 'The Great' coin).</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently purchased an Alexander III in a group of unattributed Greek bronzes, not knowing the mouse was there, so I shall share my surprise with you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. 336-323 B.C.</p><p>AE unit (18.2mm., 5.86gm.)</p><p>Uncertain Macedonian mint,</p><p>Possible lifetime issue, ca.325-310 B.C.</p><p>Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress.</p><p>Rev: Bow in bowcase above B A in L & R fields, Club below and mouse in exergue.</p><p>Price 377; SNG Alpha Bank 791-3</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1480185[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1480186[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Topcat7, post: 8345022, member: 73372"]This is not a 'great' coin, or a 'rare' coin, but on a number of occasions, on this page, collectors have shown coins with a variety of fauna. We have seen goats, octopi, turtles, donkeys, elephants and to name a few, but to my recollection, never a mouse, (let alone one on an 'Alexander 'The Great' coin). I recently purchased an Alexander III in a group of unattributed Greek bronzes, not knowing the mouse was there, so I shall share my surprise with you. Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III 'the Great'. 336-323 B.C. AE unit (18.2mm., 5.86gm.) Uncertain Macedonian mint, Possible lifetime issue, ca.325-310 B.C. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev: Bow in bowcase above B A in L & R fields, Club below and mouse in exergue. Price 377; SNG Alpha Bank 791-3 [ATTACH=full]1480185[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1480186[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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