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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4413332, member: 99456"][USER=93472]@tartanhill[/USER], a good looking coin - congrats. Here's a my tetradrachm from Babylon shortly after the death of Alexander:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1107969[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Babylon</b>, Kings of Macedon,<b> Philip III Arrhidaios</b>, 323-317 BC, AR Tetradrachm</p><p>Issued in the name and type of Alexander III from the Babylon mint, struck under Archon, Dokimos, or Seleukos I, circa 323-318/7 BC</p><p><b>Obv: </b>Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; M in left field, ΛY below throne</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Price 3692</p><p><b>Note:</b> "After Alexander's death in Babylon in 323 BC, the Macedonian army in Asia proclaimed Arrhidaeus as king; however, he served merely as a figurehead and as the pawn of a series of powerful generals." - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_III_of_Macedon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_III_of_Macedon" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4413332, member: 99456"][USER=93472]@tartanhill[/USER], a good looking coin - congrats. Here's a my tetradrachm from Babylon shortly after the death of Alexander: [ATTACH=full]1107969[/ATTACH] [B]Babylon[/B], Kings of Macedon,[B] Philip III Arrhidaios[/B], 323-317 BC, AR Tetradrachm Issued in the name and type of Alexander III from the Babylon mint, struck under Archon, Dokimos, or Seleukos I, circa 323-318/7 BC [B]Obv: [/B]Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin [B]Rev:[/B] Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; M in left field, ΛY below throne [B]Ref:[/B] Price 3692 [B]Note:[/B] "After Alexander's death in Babylon in 323 BC, the Macedonian army in Asia proclaimed Arrhidaeus as king; however, he served merely as a figurehead and as the pawn of a series of powerful generals." - [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_III_of_Macedon']Wikipedia[/URL][/QUOTE]
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