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<p>[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7537132, member: 86498"]Alexander III Ar Tetradrachm Amphipolis 322-320 BC Minted under the authority of Antipater. Obv Head of beardless Herakles wearing Lion skin headdress right. Rv. Zeus Aetophoros seated left Price 108 Troxell Group G2 17.19 grms 25 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1301176[/ATTACH]This coin is a bit of a change from my usual litany of woe as I knew that this coin was already considered posthumous when I purchased it. However it was thought that the title Basileos was placed on the coins minted at Amphipolis circa 323 BC. However with the transfer of Troxell's group E and F to the ranks of those coins minted after the death of Alexander the 323 BC date became untenable. In fact I am starting to think that even the 322 BC date is being somewhat optimistic. Because these coins are of a significantly different style that the Group E's I wonder if a new workshop had been set up to mint these coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7537132, member: 86498"]Alexander III Ar Tetradrachm Amphipolis 322-320 BC Minted under the authority of Antipater. Obv Head of beardless Herakles wearing Lion skin headdress right. Rv. Zeus Aetophoros seated left Price 108 Troxell Group G2 17.19 grms 25 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1301176[/ATTACH]This coin is a bit of a change from my usual litany of woe as I knew that this coin was already considered posthumous when I purchased it. However it was thought that the title Basileos was placed on the coins minted at Amphipolis circa 323 BC. However with the transfer of Troxell's group E and F to the ranks of those coins minted after the death of Alexander the 323 BC date became untenable. In fact I am starting to think that even the 322 BC date is being somewhat optimistic. Because these coins are of a significantly different style that the Group E's I wonder if a new workshop had been set up to mint these coins.[/QUOTE]
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