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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kirispupis, post: 8054173, member: 118780&quot;]This is a good idea, but are there any online sources with good enough images from these hoards that I could tell? I would imagine the photos from the 1973 Iraq hoard to suck...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is a distinct possibility. It does seem, though, that the two Alexanders have different origins. Roma states that the Susa tet is from a German dealer, while the Babylon tet is from a UK dealer.</p><p><br /></p><p>From what I&#039;ve read, tets did travel. It wouldn&#039;t be outrageous for a tet minted in Babylon to be found in Gaza. It does seem a bit strange, though, that someone would mark it with the symbol of Gaza. After all, I don&#039;t go around marking my silver dollars from Seattle. However, it would make sense for someone to mark a tet with an initial to differentiate it from everyone else&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>The babylon tet with the graffito is in pretty good condition, so I&#039;m guessing that it only traveled around a few years before being lost. That being said, I really have no idea how these coins age.</p><p><br /></p><p>One intriguing idea is the Battle of Gaza between Ptolemy+Seleukos and Demetrios was in 312 BCE. This coin was supposedly minted between 323-317, so it seems plausible that a 5-11 year old coin could look like this. Even more interesting, is that Peithon participated and died in this battle. He was satrap of Babylon, and presumably brought soldiers from there.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, the story of this coin may be a mercenary, originally from Phoenicia, who travelled with the wars over to Babylon. There, he was hired by Peithon and travelled with him to the Battle of Gaza, where he met the same fate.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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