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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 4031786, member: 51347"]And, here is one of my <i><b>Lifetime GREATEST,</b></i> followed by a couple <b>Lifetime Greats</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2016-7-10_18-23-32-png.517745/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Kingdom of Makedon</p><p>Philip II 382-336 BCE (Reign 359-336 BCE)</p><p>AR Tetradrachm.</p><p>Mint: Pella, lifetime issue, struck circa 353-349 BC.</p><p>25 mm. 14.4 g</p><p>Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ,</p><p>Rev: Philip on horseback left, wearing kausia and raising right hand; spearhead below, star below horse's raised foreleg.</p><p>Le Rider 102 (D58/R82); SNG ANS 357</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2016-7-10_18-24-7-png.517746/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Kingdom of Makedonon</p><p>Alexander III (MEGAS) 336-323 BCE</p><p>AR Tetradrachm</p><p>24.5mm, 16.9g</p><p>Lifetime Issue</p><p>Obv: Herakles</p><p>Rev: Zeus on big-ball throne, holding Eagle, staff; very faint trident in field l</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2016-7-10_18-24-45-png.517747/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>BABALONIA, Babylon</p><p>AR Tetradrachm / Stater (or Dishekel)</p><p>Minted ca. 323-328 B.C.</p><p>24 mm, 16.3g</p><p>Obv: Ba’al seated left holding scepter</p><p>Rev: Lion walking left, control mark Г above. (Control mark was minted during Alexander III Lifetime)</p><p>Ref: Ref: BMC Arabia XXII no.1</p><p>Comment: "This type was discussed by Martin Price in his article "Circulation at Babylon in 323 BC," in the book "Mnemata: Papers in Memory of Nancy M. Waggoner." He asserts that a reengraved die clearly shows the "lion staters" with gamma followed the ones with delta. "They are probably shekels on the local standard." (page 67). He dates them to the lifetime of Alexander, because they were present in a hoard with deposition dated to 323/2. He doesn't give the earliest possible date explicitly, but mentions that Mazaeus was governor until 328 and issued coins, so I infer Price would put them at or after 328. So you can say "Struck 323 or before, under Alexander the Great."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 4031786, member: 51347"]And, here is one of my [I][B]Lifetime GREATEST,[/B][/I] followed by a couple [B]Lifetime Greats[/B] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2016-7-10_18-23-32-png.517745/[/IMG] Kingdom of Makedon Philip II 382-336 BCE (Reign 359-336 BCE) AR Tetradrachm. Mint: Pella, lifetime issue, struck circa 353-349 BC. 25 mm. 14.4 g Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, Rev: Philip on horseback left, wearing kausia and raising right hand; spearhead below, star below horse's raised foreleg. Le Rider 102 (D58/R82); SNG ANS 357 [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2016-7-10_18-24-7-png.517746/[/IMG] Kingdom of Makedonon Alexander III (MEGAS) 336-323 BCE AR Tetradrachm 24.5mm, 16.9g Lifetime Issue Obv: Herakles Rev: Zeus on big-ball throne, holding Eagle, staff; very faint trident in field l [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2016-7-10_18-24-45-png.517747/[/IMG] BABALONIA, Babylon AR Tetradrachm / Stater (or Dishekel) Minted ca. 323-328 B.C. 24 mm, 16.3g Obv: Ba’al seated left holding scepter Rev: Lion walking left, control mark Г above. (Control mark was minted during Alexander III Lifetime) Ref: Ref: BMC Arabia XXII no.1 Comment: "This type was discussed by Martin Price in his article "Circulation at Babylon in 323 BC," in the book "Mnemata: Papers in Memory of Nancy M. Waggoner." He asserts that a reengraved die clearly shows the "lion staters" with gamma followed the ones with delta. "They are probably shekels on the local standard." (page 67). He dates them to the lifetime of Alexander, because they were present in a hoard with deposition dated to 323/2. He doesn't give the earliest possible date explicitly, but mentions that Mazaeus was governor until 328 and issued coins, so I infer Price would put them at or after 328. So you can say "Struck 323 or before, under Alexander the Great."[/QUOTE]
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