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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 3367570, member: 96635&quot;]This coin is somewhat an impulse buy, but the coin somehow attracted me, it is not like the other Alexander tetradrachms.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/qhglWEZ.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Alexander III the Great AR Tetradrachm. Mesembria mint. Struck 125-65 BC. (33mm; 16.10g)</b></p><p><b>Obverse: </b>Head of Herakles right, wearing lion&#039;s skin headdress.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> ΒAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY / ΔIO / MEΣAM. Zeus seated left with eagle and sceptre.</p><p>Reference: Price 1128</p><p><br /></p><p>What attracted me the most is the kind of &quot;barbaric&quot; style, yet it is still a civic issue from a Greek polis. I have seen imitations that have a nicer style then this one. I think the head is nice and preserved and the reverse show the inscriptions nicely. Also a big plus is the big flan size of 33mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone have an idea why the late issued tetradrachms from Alexander have such a degenerated style? It still weights a good 16.10g, which I find quite a lot for this late. Also, Mesembria issued Alexander tetradrachms before in around 225 BC, and these had a lot nicer style then the 100 year later issue ones (like this one).</p><p><br /></p><p>Please show your late issued Alexander tetradrachms![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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