Mints of Alexander the Great Tetradrachms

Yo can you image finding one of these in a coin roll that some one turned in

 

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I am still a little new at this My favorite Alexander is this one I got in the Frankfurt Numismata about three years ago. It is from the mint of Memphis (see pic in previous post)

 

Show it again so I don't have to go looking for it. I'm too tired and too lazy.

 

Okay This is my tetradrachm from the mint of Memphis.

 

This is my tetradrachm from the mint of Arados minted circa 325 B.C.

 

My Tetradrachm from the mint of Damaskos minted circa 330 B.C.

 

Outstanding!

 

Those are some great coins @Ed Snible and @Terence Cheesman I'll add another coin to the thread, though it is only a drachm.

Alexander III AR Drachm Posthumous issue 323-319 BC Magnesia mint
17.3mm 4.225g
Obv: Head of Herakles right clad in Nemean lion
Rev: Zeus seated left; bee left field; ALEXANDROU

 

From my coin collection. Mesеmbria and Odessos.

 

Here is a posthumous tet from an uncommon mint with head facing left:

Kyrenaika, Kyrene
AR tetradrachm 305-300 BC 16.99 gm, 28mm
O: head Herakles left, wearing lionskin
R: Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle in front & staff behind
Price 3985 (same dies); cf BMC Cyrenaica (Regal) 1-2 (no monogram)
One of the best examples I've seen

 

Wow, not sure I've ever seen a left-facer before.

Very cool!

John

 

Excellent examples! And "GREAT" thread idea
Cool the Perga mint hasn't been posted:

MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. 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 in outer right field. Price 2941.

 

Now, that is cool.

 

John
Yes, very unusual. This was a limited issue of a single obverse die and 3 reverse dies (the other 2 dies have a “I-Pi-O” monogram on the reverse). They were most likely struck during the revolt of Kyrene against Ptolemy I Soter 305-300 BC specifically to pay mercenaries.
John

 

Lifetime issue from Tarsos:



Alexander III 'the Great' AR Tetradrachm. Tarsos, circa 327-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; plough in left field, Θ below throne. 27 mm. 17.1 g.

 

Sardis (drachm of Philip Arrhidaios):


Rhodes (c. 205-190 BCE)

 

Oh my God this is so embarrassing what I understood to be true about some of my coins back in May 2017 is no longer true today. Here are the two coins I posted back then and their more up to date information,
Philip III Tetradrachm of Arados In the name and types of Alexander 322-320 BC. Price 3332 17.10 grms 24 mm Photo by W. Hansen The title of Basileos wasn't adopted on the coinage until 322 BC which makes this coin posthumous
Alexander III Ar Tetradrachm Damaskos mint 325-323 BC Price 3204 L Taylor 192 This coin cited 17.20 grms 26 mm Photo by W. Hansen Price thought that this mint started after the Battlle of Issue but it seems more likely that this mint was opened later to facilitate the conversion of specie from the various local coinages to that of Alexander so that his army could be paid off once it returned from India.

 

@Terence Cheesman thanks for sharing that Damaskos. There a few rev dies from that mint that were engraved by a truly gifted artist, some of the most spectacular among all his coinage.

I don't think we had an Alabanda yet? Pegasus in l. field.

Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III, 336 – 323 AR Tetradrachm (15.55g, 35mm, 12h). Alabanda circa 165/164

Obv: Head of Herakles r., wearing lion skin headdress.
Rev: Zeus Aëtophoros seated l., holding sceptre; in l. field, Pegasus springing l. and E under throne.
Ref: Price 2464.
Ped: Naville.

 

Hi, hope this thread is still read by some of you. I came across this tetradrachm (not nearly as nice as the examples above). I am having a hard time assigning it to a mint. The mintmark seems quite clear. Probably a T B monogram. Or maybe bow and quiver? Or snake on pole? Or...

Does anyone know by chance? Or does anyone know where to find a visual list of mint marks?

I am new here and have not yet discovered how to add a picture on my phone.