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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 7407972, member: 110350"]My only example, a drachm issued under Philip III Arrhidaeus that I bought 35 years ago. I can't tell who it looks like.</p><p><br /></p><p>Macedon, Alexander III (under Philip III Arrhidaeus), AR Drachm, Miletos mint, 323-319 BCE. Obv. Head of beardless Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Rev. Zeus seated left on stool-throne, holding long scepter in left hand, with eagle standing right with closed wings on his right hand; KH monogram (Price Monogram 476) in left field; in right field, ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Price 2121 [Price, M., <i>The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus</i> (London, 1991)]; Pella database at <a href="http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.2121?lang=en;" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.2121?lang=en;" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.2121?lang=en;</a> Müller 847 [Müller, L., <i>Numismatique d'Alexandre le Grand; Appendice les monnaies de Philippe II et III, et Lysimaque</i> (Copenhagen, 1855-58)]. 16 mm., 4.21 g. <i>Purchased from Harmer Rooke Numismatists, Ltd., New York City, 21 Feb. 1986. </i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1287932[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 7407972, member: 110350"]My only example, a drachm issued under Philip III Arrhidaeus that I bought 35 years ago. I can't tell who it looks like. Macedon, Alexander III (under Philip III Arrhidaeus), AR Drachm, Miletos mint, 323-319 BCE. Obv. Head of beardless Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Rev. Zeus seated left on stool-throne, holding long scepter in left hand, with eagle standing right with closed wings on his right hand; KH monogram (Price Monogram 476) in left field; in right field, ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Price 2121 [Price, M., [I]The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus[/I] (London, 1991)]; Pella database at [URL]http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.2121?lang=en;[/URL] Müller 847 [Müller, L., [I]Numismatique d'Alexandre le Grand; Appendice les monnaies de Philippe II et III, et Lysimaque[/I] (Copenhagen, 1855-58)]. 16 mm., 4.21 g. [I]Purchased from Harmer Rooke Numismatists, Ltd., New York City, 21 Feb. 1986. [/I] [ATTACH=full]1287932[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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