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<p>[QUOTE="Jwt708, post: 2553908, member: 32619"]Hello everyone! </p><p><br /></p><p>I wanted to share with the forum my first Alexander III tetradrachm:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/alex-iii.4824/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander III </p><p>AR tetradrachm, 17.18g; Amphipolis mint, lifetime issue, struck under Antipater, c. 325-323 BC.</p><p>Obv.: Head of Herakles right, clad in Nemean Lion scalp headdress tied at neck.</p><p>Rev.: AΛEΞANΔΡOY Zeus enthroned left, throne without back and two leg struts,right leg forward (archaic lifetime style), eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, TE monogram lower left, concave field</p><p><br /></p><p>The picture makes the coin appear duller than it actually is, in hand it is full of lustre and the surfaces are very pleasing. I'm just in love with it!</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post your own or any coin you find related![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jwt708, post: 2553908, member: 32619"]Hello everyone! I wanted to share with the forum my first Alexander III tetradrachm: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/media/alex-iii.4824/full[/IMG] Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander III AR tetradrachm, 17.18g; Amphipolis mint, lifetime issue, struck under Antipater, c. 325-323 BC. Obv.: Head of Herakles right, clad in Nemean Lion scalp headdress tied at neck. Rev.: AΛEΞANΔΡOY Zeus enthroned left, throne without back and two leg struts,right leg forward (archaic lifetime style), eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, TE monogram lower left, concave field The picture makes the coin appear duller than it actually is, in hand it is full of lustre and the surfaces are very pleasing. I'm just in love with it! Feel free to post your own or any coin you find related![/QUOTE]
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