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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2474730, member: 31620&quot;]In chronological order spanning over a century.....</p><p><br /></p><p>A lifetime issue from Babylon.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Alexander III The Great, Silver tetradrachm</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:- Head of (Alexander the Great as) Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress knotted at base of neck</p><p>Rev:- ALEXANDROU, Zeus seated left, holding eagle in right hand and scepter in left, monogram and M below throne;</p><p>Price 3599 (same dies), Müller 67, 17.206g, 25.9mm, 255o, Babylon mint, lifetime issue, c. 325 - 323 B.C.;</p><p>&nbsp;Obverse off-centre</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/Macedonian_Kingdom_1a_img~0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Alexander the Great, Silver tetradrachm</b></p><p><b>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </b></p><p>Obv:– Head of (Alexander the Great as) Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress knotted at base of neck</p><p>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</p><p>Minted in Marathus mint.c. 323-300 BC</p><p>Reference:– Price 3438</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/Macedonian_Kingdom_1e_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Alexander the Great, Silver tetradrachm</b></p><p><b>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </b></p><p>Obv:- Head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean lion-scalp headdress</p><p>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;</p><p>Minted in Mesembria c. 275 - 225 B.C.</p><p>References:- Karayotov p. 80 and pl. VII, 41 (O7/R18); Price 992; Müller 436</p><p>17.000g, 31.6mm, 180o</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/Thrace_1i_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Alexander the Great, Silver tetradrachm</b></p><p><b>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </b></p><p>Obv:– Head of (Alexander the Great as) Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress knotted at base of neck</p><p>Rev:– ALEXANDPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle in right hand and scepter in left, IA/F in left field</p><p>Minted in Phaselis mint. Civic issue, dated CY 11 (208/7 BC).</p><p>Reference:– Price 2849</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/Macedonian_Kingdom_1d_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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