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Squire Wilson Pillar of the Community Australia 653 Posts	Posted 11/24/2017 9:36 pm My favourite ancient Alexander III Drachm. Squire Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 11/24/2017 11:35 pm Nice one, Squire. I see why that would be your favorite. Magnesia ad Maeandrum mint, I believe. Edited by Kamnaskires 11/24/2017 11:37 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Squire Wilson Pillar of the Community Australia 653 Posts	Posted 11/25/2017 12:44 am Thanks for the information Bob I bought the coin from a reputable dealer. However, I just thought I would post it on the Coin Community Forum in the hope that I could obtain additional information. You have provided me with some great information for further investigation The Coin Community Forum is great for that. So many knowledgable members Squire Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 11/25/2017 09:41 am Happy to help, Squire. It's an early posthumous issue struck during the reign of Alexander's half brother Philip III Arrhidaios. It's a Price 1936, from 323-317 BC. (I've seen these listed elsewhere as 323-319 BC) Here's one that appears to have been struck from the same dies: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3302354 Report this Post to the Staff
Squire Wilson Pillar of the Community Australia 653 Posts	Posted 11/25/2017 11:44 pm Thanks a lot Bob As a "newby" to the field of Ancient Coins your advice is very valuable and much appreciated I am "stoked" by the fact that you have shown me a drachm from the same die. I can see the similarity. For example both coins have a small "die crack" adjacent to the lower lip of Herakles (Alexander the Great?) which gives him a somewhat enigmatic (battlescarred?) appearance. Squire Report this Post to the Staff
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