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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 7953564, member: 91461"]Wonderful coins [USER=106405]@J.T. Parker[/USER] , [USER=86498]@Terence Cheesman[/USER] and [USER=100070]@happy_collector[/USER] <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>And thank you so much for your insight Mr Cheesman <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Being a big fan of Alexander I always read what you have to say on the subject.</p><p>My first ATG tet was minted as far away from Alexander as we are from from Theodore Roosevelt! However, I still love the style and the stare:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1378414[/ATTACH] </p><p>Alexander III the Great (336-</p><p>323 BC). AR tetradrachm</p><p>(15.98 gm). About VF,</p><p>countermark, graffito.Late</p><p>posthumous issue of Perga,</p><p>dated CY 27 (195/4 BC).</p><p>Heracles wearing lion-skin,</p><p>AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left</p><p>on backless throne, right leg</p><p>drawn back, feet on ground line,</p><p>eagle in right hand, scepter in</p><p>left; KI in left field, Seleucid</p><p>anchor countermark in rectangle</p><p>inouterrightfield.Price2941[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 7953564, member: 91461"]Wonderful coins [USER=106405]@J.T. Parker[/USER] , [USER=86498]@Terence Cheesman[/USER] and [USER=100070]@happy_collector[/USER] :singing: And thank you so much for your insight Mr Cheesman :) Being a big fan of Alexander I always read what you have to say on the subject. My first ATG tet was minted as far away from Alexander as we are from from Theodore Roosevelt! However, I still love the style and the stare: [ATTACH=full]1378414[/ATTACH] Alexander III the Great (336- 323 BC). AR tetradrachm (15.98 gm). About VF, countermark, graffito.Late posthumous issue of Perga, dated CY 27 (195/4 BC). Heracles wearing lion-skin, AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, feet on ground line, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; KI in left field, Seleucid anchor countermark in rectangle inouterrightfield.Price2941[/QUOTE]
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