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<p>[QUOTE="dadams, post: 3292503, member: 82194"]<font face="Times New Roman">Hi Pavlos, It's a fun hunt and you should take your time. As [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] mentioned it's not just about the legs. This one, when I bought it, was sold as "lifetime" but I've come to understand it as an early posthumous piece. Some might call it a "Lifetime or early posthumous issue" - quite honestly it really doesn't matter to me one way or the other as it is a beautiful coin.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/ancient/Macedon_Alexander-III_Tetradrachm-Price-113.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander III The Great, 336 - 323 BC. AR Tetradrachm.</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Amphipolis Mint, early posthumous issue, Struck c. 323-320 BC.</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Obv: Head of Alexander right in the guise of Herakles wearing lion-skin headdress.</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY; Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; Macedonian helmet in left field.</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">25 mm, 16.88g. Toned aXF</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Price 113</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Ex. Stacks, June 14 1993; Lot 62</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dadams, post: 3292503, member: 82194"][FONT=Times New Roman]Hi Pavlos, It's a fun hunt and you should take your time. As [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] mentioned it's not just about the legs. This one, when I bought it, was sold as "lifetime" but I've come to understand it as an early posthumous piece. Some might call it a "Lifetime or early posthumous issue" - quite honestly it really doesn't matter to me one way or the other as it is a beautiful coin.[/FONT] [IMG]http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/ancient/Macedon_Alexander-III_Tetradrachm-Price-113.jpg[/IMG] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander III The Great, 336 - 323 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Amphipolis Mint, early posthumous issue, Struck c. 323-320 BC. Obv: Head of Alexander right in the guise of Herakles wearing lion-skin headdress. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY; Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; Macedonian helmet in left field. 25 mm, 16.88g. Toned aXF Price 113 Ex. Stacks, June 14 1993; Lot 62[/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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