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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 6577747, member: 85693"]Very interesting write-up, as always Jochen. That Lysimachos tetradrachm is spectacular. </p><p><br /></p><p>I hope this is somewhat in keeping with the topic - a Macedonian drachm of the Alexander type, issued for Antigonus I Monopthalmus from the Troas, Abydos Mint. If features a Zeus Ammon head floating in the reverse field: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1264457[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Macedonia</b> <b>Kingdom</b> <b>Drachm</b></p><p><b>Antigonus I Monophthalmus</b></p><p><b>(c. 320-306 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Troas, Abydos Mint</b></p><p>Head of Herakles in lion skin / AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left on throne, eagle & sceptre; horned head of Zeus Ammon rt., ivy leaf under throne</p><p>Price 1551; Müller 189.</p><p>(4.00 grams / 18 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 6577747, member: 85693"]Very interesting write-up, as always Jochen. That Lysimachos tetradrachm is spectacular. I hope this is somewhat in keeping with the topic - a Macedonian drachm of the Alexander type, issued for Antigonus I Monopthalmus from the Troas, Abydos Mint. If features a Zeus Ammon head floating in the reverse field: [ATTACH=full]1264457[/ATTACH] [B]Macedonia[/B] [B]Kingdom[/B] [B]Drachm Antigonus I Monophthalmus (c. 320-306 B.C.) Troas, Abydos Mint[/B] Head of Herakles in lion skin / AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left on throne, eagle & sceptre; horned head of Zeus Ammon rt., ivy leaf under throne Price 1551; Müller 189. (4.00 grams / 18 mm)[/QUOTE]
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