My first Alexander's tet...

This one was struck in Babylon, the town where Alexander decided to stay the rest of his life, hmm that was a short stay, Kassander (son of Antipater the governor of Macedonia) came along and gave him a a few homemade macedonian cookies full of poison made by Antipater's wife, I guess.

another one from Side:

 

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Since Alexander died in Babylon... here is a Babylonian LOCAL Currency struck during the Lifetime of Alexander...


BABYLONIA, 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."

I STOLE this pic from one of @Collect89 posts... as it is the same thickness as mine, and I was too lazy to shoot a pic of mine on edge...


OH! Almost forgot: I acquired mine from the eclectic @Ancientnoob collection.

 

That looks like an Oreo cookie. You can probably hurt somebody with that lol.

 

It is such a COOL coin, and you just don't see too many of them. This was cool as the Gamma device puts it in a mintage during Alexander's Lifetime. Many of the others of this series were after his death. Kinda cool...

 

Well... Mine are either Alexander or Struck in the name of Alexander (sort of.) Basically, all of my tets with Herakles and Zeus. Attached are some Alexander Posthumous, Life-Time, Phillip III, Pasikrates, Seleucus, etc. Also, an Amphipolis similar to OP's



Not the most flattering pic, but I haven't taken a group shot before.

-Michael

Edit* I'm literally looking for 2 more from next week's NGC to fill that hole.

 

Oh yeah; this wouldn't be a 3 pager thread without some contention.
Dear NGC admirers,



Love,
Plastic.

 

Really? I thought you were a Southerner. Are you really a yankee?

 

Anyone over the age of 90 that wants to get offended?

 

No offense intended Michael. Just pokin' fun at a fellow Southerner.

 

I know. Just pointing out that someone will find some way to get offended. Just like in every other thread, it seems.

 

I'm offended at the implication that I'm offended

 

Exactly my point. ^This offends me.

 

Ahh, let the Thin-Skins SQUAWK! I came from a Generation that LOVED pokin' fun at each other! If you didn't, then we did NOT like you. Druther have someone pokin at me, so I have a chance to poke BACK! Twas entertainment! AND friendship!

 

Exactly! I love all you guys and gals. But I'm especially fond of Southern (fried chicken, grits, pigs feet, hog jowls, etc, etc.).

 

I just like food in general, does that count?

 

Nice new coin moCKBu4. Nice coins everyone.

Doug H.

 

In chronological order spanning over a century.....

A lifetime issue from Babylon.

Alexander III The Great, Silver tetradrachm

Obv:- Head of (Alexander the Great as) Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress knotted at base of neck
Rev:- ALEXANDROU, Zeus seated left, holding eagle in right hand and scepter in left, monogram and M below throne;
Price 3599 (same dies), Müller 67, 17.206g, 25.9mm, 255o, Babylon mint, lifetime issue, c. 325 - 323 B.C.;
Obverse off-centre



Alexander the Great, Silver tetradrachm

Obv:– Head of (Alexander the Great as) Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress knotted at base of neck
Rev:– BASILEOS ALEXANDPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle in right hand and scepter in left, Anchor, EP monogram in left field, HD monogram beneath throne
Minted in Marathus mint.c. 323-300 BC
Reference:– Price 3438



Alexander the Great, Silver tetradrachm

Obv:- Head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean lion-scalp headdress
Rev:- ΑΛΕΞΑΝ∆ΡΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, eagle in extended right, long scepter vertical behind in left, Corinthian helmet right over ΠΑ monogram in inner left field under arm;
Minted in Mesembria c. 275 - 225 B.C.
References:- Karayotov p. 80 and pl. VII, 41 (O7/R18); Price 992; Müller 436
17.000g, 31.6mm, 180o



Alexander the Great, Silver tetradrachm

Obv:– Head of (Alexander the Great as) Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress knotted at base of neck
Rev:– ALEXANDPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle in right hand and scepter in left, IA/F in left field
Minted in Phaselis mint. Civic issue, dated CY 11 (208/7 BC).
Reference:– Price 2849

 

Picked this Amphipolis tet up a few months ago as my first big (a relative term) purchase. I soon found a great online resource for identifying different dies (I think) corresponding to the numbers in Price's guide:
http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.122

I think mine corresponds to entry
Price 122. 1944.100.28672

The link homepage said they are putting together a Philip II analogue.





It weighs 17.04 grams. Sorry about the hack combo job, this was my first coin pic and had to figure out how to use paint again.

 

Here's mine, with one of the most striking Zeus depictions on an Alexander tetradrachm I've encountered:

 

WOW!!! That's certainly the most striking, high relief example I have yet seen!!