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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nicholasz219, post: 2841995, member: 75641&quot;]Hello all:</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently won an auction that I had forgotten I had even bid on.&nbsp; I like small Greek bronzes and I try to buy them when I see them cheaply.&nbsp; This was an under $10 coin.&nbsp; </p><p>It came with no ID except for Macedonian with Alex III as the ruler.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>After some digging, I found it to be a half unit but it appears to be from an anonymous issuer right after the death of Alexander III.&nbsp; So I have it dated to 323-310BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>After an ACSearch brought up several examples I have attributed it as:</p><p><br /></p><p>AE Half Unit</p><p>Anonymous, 323- 310BC</p><p>16.5mm ~3.1gr</p><p>O: NO LEGEND; Macedonian shield ornamented with five double crescents; head of Heracles, wearing lion skin headdress, facing 3/4 right in the center boss of shield.</p><p>R: NO LEGEND; Crested Corinthian helmet with cheek guards.</p><p>Exergue: Monogram to left (appears to be upside down PI, a LAMBDA and an ALPHA, possibly, but I have no idea because I do not own Price) and small caduceus to right at bottom.</p><p>Uncertain Mint in Western Asia Minor.</p><p>Price 2803, pl. 110; Leffaille 310 var.; GC 6781; COP SB 2301 var; SNG Alpha Bank 849 var (1/4, no monogram).</p><p><br /></p><p>I cobbled together the above references from various auction listings that I found on ACSearch.&nbsp; If anyone has any knowledge of these references (for example, the monogram combination places my coin at a different reference number or something I am not aware of) and can clear up mistakes on my part, please let me know.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, post your Alexander III-era coins![ATTACH=full]672605[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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