How To Distinguish Alexander Tetradrachm ?

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Lenard Valued Member France 57 Posts	Posted 03/17/2013 3:39 pm Hello, I have a few coins which I believe are Alexander Tetradrachm but I am at a loss to ID them. It seems that so many different exist that I am a bit lost. Could you help me understand what are the features that help discriminating between different ones (not even talking about the fake ones...) Here is an example. thanks a lot to all of you jd Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 03/17/2013 3:55 pm The name of Alexander is written on the reverse in Greek. I can't recall but there is a way to tell if the coin was issued during his life time or not. It's by the place of the legs. Report this Post to the Staff
Lenard Valued Member France 57 Posts	Posted 03/17/2013 4:06 pm Thanks. I found a nice link that explains between lifetime an posthumous, but that makes things even more complicated :-) http://www.forumancientcoins.com/nu...tetradrachms ohh poor me... Report this Post to the Staff
FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3465 Posts	Posted 03/17/2013 5:09 pm If memory serves (it often does not !) the crossed leg indicates posthumous issue and parallel are lifetime. Report this Post to the Staff
Lenard Valued Member France 57 Posts	Posted 03/17/2013 5:16 pm Yes. I read that but in the link above they say that it appears slightly more complicate than only leg position. Report this Post to the Staff
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