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<p>[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7470259, member: 86498"]Because I consider the coinage of the Macedonian Kingdom to be significant I tend to buy rather more of these coins than what I would do otherwise. The one gap in that collection was the silver and gold coinage of Kassander. The auction season so far this year reminds me of a running gun fight with me doing all the running. I have not won a single coin at auction since before January. So I approached the Gorny & Mosch Auction with some hesitation. I managed to win two coins both minted by Kassander, one an Alexander and the other a Philip. So finally I got something and I managed to add an acquire two coins that I deem important to my collection. Once more I now have some companions to the Av Stater I have owned for a number of year which also is minted by him. Naturally I bought this coin as a lifetime Alexander but I now know it is later.</p><p>Kassander Av Stater 300-290 BC Amphipolis Mint In the name and types of Alexander III. Obv Helmeted head of Athena right. Rv. Nike standing left symbol trident. Price 172 HGC 987 8.60 grms 19 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1293634[/ATTACH]The principle problem in trying to determine which coins of this type are lifetime is style. The symbol of the trident was used both by Antipater as well as Kassander so the easy expedient of looking at the adjunct symbol is totally useless in this case. The lifetime issues have a smaller head and a larger longer Corinthian style helmet. Of course the trade is of little help here. All I can say is that the vast majority of Alexander III staters offered as being lifetime are not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7470259, member: 86498"]Because I consider the coinage of the Macedonian Kingdom to be significant I tend to buy rather more of these coins than what I would do otherwise. The one gap in that collection was the silver and gold coinage of Kassander. The auction season so far this year reminds me of a running gun fight with me doing all the running. I have not won a single coin at auction since before January. So I approached the Gorny & Mosch Auction with some hesitation. I managed to win two coins both minted by Kassander, one an Alexander and the other a Philip. So finally I got something and I managed to add an acquire two coins that I deem important to my collection. Once more I now have some companions to the Av Stater I have owned for a number of year which also is minted by him. Naturally I bought this coin as a lifetime Alexander but I now know it is later. Kassander Av Stater 300-290 BC Amphipolis Mint In the name and types of Alexander III. Obv Helmeted head of Athena right. Rv. Nike standing left symbol trident. Price 172 HGC 987 8.60 grms 19 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1293634[/ATTACH]The principle problem in trying to determine which coins of this type are lifetime is style. The symbol of the trident was used both by Antipater as well as Kassander so the easy expedient of looking at the adjunct symbol is totally useless in this case. The lifetime issues have a smaller head and a larger longer Corinthian style helmet. Of course the trade is of little help here. All I can say is that the vast majority of Alexander III staters offered as being lifetime are not.[/QUOTE]
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