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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4809001, member: 99456&quot;]Welcome, [USER=114491]@MasterVampire[/USER], a great and iconic first ancient Greek!&nbsp; I really like the reverse legend of &quot;[ΦΙ]ΛΙΠΠΟΥ&quot; on your coin (a legend I don&#039;t have).&nbsp; You&#039;ll have to let us know if you hear from Kevin Sorbo.&nbsp; There is a online PDF version of &quot;<a href="https://www.scribd.com/doc/44307734/The-Coinage-in-Name-of-Alexander-the-Great-and-Philip-Arrhidaeus-Vol-1-M-J-Price-1991" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.scribd.com/doc/44307734/The-Coinage-in-Name-of-Alexander-the-Great-and-Philip-Arrhidaeus-Vol-1-M-J-Price-1991" rel="nofollow">The Coinage in Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus Vol. 1</a>&quot; (M.J. Price, 1991) which you might find interesting.</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><font size="3">&quot;Sardes was the administrative centre of the Persian satrapy of Lydia, and was certainly the mint for Persian sigloi and darics. There is therefore a strong probability that it continued to be an active mint under Alexander....This mint was particularly active during the early part of the reign of Philip III. There are forty-five varieties in the name of Philip (P66-P110) and fifty-six parallel issues in the name of Alexander (2585-2640).&quot;</font></p><p><font size="3">-Price (1991) p.320</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Here is another drachm from this mint:</p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1167035[/ATTACH] Kings of Macedon, Alexander III ‘the Great’</b>, 336-323 BC, AR drachm, Sardes mint (in Lydia), struck under <b>Menander</b>, as governor of Lydia, in the last year before Alexander III&#039;s death (circa 324/3 BC).</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ behind, monogram in left field, rose below throne</p><p><b>Size:</b> 4.30g, 16.4mm</p><p><b>Ref:</b> <a href="http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.2553" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.2553" rel="nofollow">Price 2553</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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