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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 2872133, member: 82549&quot;]Well, I think you can be pretty confident that the coin is an early posthumous issue, my guess is ca. 320-300 B.C.E., but that&#039;s just a guess.</p><p><br /></p><p>Actually, I&#039;m surprised no one has chimed in yet with more information about your coin. I think there is still enough detail left for a specialist to pin it down. The standard reference for coins of Alexander III is &quot;The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus, (2 Volumes),&quot; by Martin Price. Both volumes will probably set you back around $500. Can track it down via inter-library loan?</p><p><br /></p><p>You might also try re-posting this coin with a new subject line more likely to catch a specialist&#039;s eye, like &quot;Museum Needs ID Help with Alexander the Great Drachm.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, do you see the oblong shape in front of Zeus&#039; knee? That probably identifies the mint. If you&#039;ve got plenty of time on your hands, you might go to Wildwinds&#039; AtG page and scroll down the thumbnail images in search of a coin with a similar object in a similar location: </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/macedonia/kings/alexander_III/t.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/macedonia/kings/alexander_III/t.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/macedonia/kings/alexander_III/t.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck with your project.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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