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<p>[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7953300, member: 86498"][USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER]'s coin is indeed an lifetime issue out of Amphipolis. It is a part of Troxell's Group D coinage. Actually D2. This group probably ended circa 323 BC. It is probably about as large an issue as the Group A coinage, neither group being more than a third of the size as the massive group E issue now considered posthumous.</p><p>[USER=106405]@J.T. Parker[/USER]'s coin is usually ascribed to being from the mint of Myriandros though there is some debate on this attribution. The attribution to this mint comes from E. T. Newell without much of a compelling reason as Price has noted. He shows little confidence that attribution is correct. Le Rider favors Alexandria ad Issum. The date given in Sear is the same given in Price 3223. This particular issue is curious as other denominations including a didrachm, drachm, hemi drachm, and obol are associated with the tetradrachm.</p><p>I am particularly interested in the coinage of Alexander thus I have acquired a number of specimens</p><p>Alexander III Ar Tetradrachm Amphipolis 332-326 BC Obv. Head of beardless Herakles in lionskin head dress. Rv Zeus Aetophoros seated left. In left field prow of galley. Price 4 Troxell Group A1 17.25 grams 25 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1378253[/ATTACH]This coin shares the same symbol, the prow of a galley with the last issues minted in the name of Philip II.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7953300, member: 86498"][USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER]'s coin is indeed an lifetime issue out of Amphipolis. It is a part of Troxell's Group D coinage. Actually D2. This group probably ended circa 323 BC. It is probably about as large an issue as the Group A coinage, neither group being more than a third of the size as the massive group E issue now considered posthumous. [USER=106405]@J.T. Parker[/USER]'s coin is usually ascribed to being from the mint of Myriandros though there is some debate on this attribution. The attribution to this mint comes from E. T. Newell without much of a compelling reason as Price has noted. He shows little confidence that attribution is correct. Le Rider favors Alexandria ad Issum. The date given in Sear is the same given in Price 3223. This particular issue is curious as other denominations including a didrachm, drachm, hemi drachm, and obol are associated with the tetradrachm. I am particularly interested in the coinage of Alexander thus I have acquired a number of specimens Alexander III Ar Tetradrachm Amphipolis 332-326 BC Obv. Head of beardless Herakles in lionskin head dress. Rv Zeus Aetophoros seated left. In left field prow of galley. Price 4 Troxell Group A1 17.25 grams 25 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1378253[/ATTACH]This coin shares the same symbol, the prow of a galley with the last issues minted in the name of Philip II.[/QUOTE]
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