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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kirispupis, post: 8091455, member: 118780&quot;]So, I couldn&#039;t resist looking some more, and I now have severe doubts on Laffaille 318. This turns out to be exactly the same as Price 372, which is dated 323-317 BCE.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s also a more common and similar coin in Price P2. Though the Price variety is missing the kerykeion, I found a number of specimens with it. Looking at the two coins - they have extremely similar designs. In fact, it almost looks like they&#039;re from the same die engraver.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, since Philip IV ruled for 4 months and Alexander V for 3 years, I would expect the Alexander coins to outnumber those from Philip, but the reality is significantly skewed in the reverse - despite the fact that Alexander had a civil war to fund. This indicates to me that the two issues were likely contemporary - and were probably issued for the then (symbolic) co-rulers Philip III and Alexander IV.</p><p><br /></p><p>My feeling is that since Kassander minted his coins with Basileus, his sons would likely do the same. That&#039;s the case for my Philip IV coin, so I&#039;m going to use that as a basis for the search for Alexander V.</p><p><br /></p><p>FWIW, my Philip IV appears to be a reverse die match for <a href="https://www.biddr.com/auctions/lansky/browse?a=1164&amp;l=1240731" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.biddr.com/auctions/lansky/browse?a=1164&amp;l=1240731" rel="nofollow">this coin</a>. I realize that this auction house is a world-leader in numismatic money laundering, but from previous discussions here their coins are genuine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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