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New Member
Netherlands
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 Tetradrachm - AR - 16,81g - 26mm - Price 3665Alexander III the Great, 325 - 323 BC Mint Babylon Obv. Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ( [Alexándrou] 'of Alexander' ) Zeus Aetophoros seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand L.: snake, TH: monogram, Ex: M Remarks Lifetime issue ( 336 - 323 BC ) Wow, tetradrachmae are my new favorite. They're huge and thick! I really like this one. Look at the ear of the lion's skin, Zeus his belly; the details of the face. It's the showpiece of my collection now.
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Moderator
 United States
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Great coin. Congratulations. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7066 Posts |
That's a beauty. Congrats.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
701 Posts |
Very nice  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
An attractive chunk of ancient silver. A nice addition to your collection, and well worth the wait. |
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United States
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United States
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That is a great hunk of silver you've got. Nice honest wear, but still plenty of remaining detail.
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CCF Advertiser
United States
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Beautiful coin! Sometimes I wonder what beautiful silver treasures Alexander might have melted down to make these? I know he plundered and took treasuries to make these to pay mercenaries but were these just ingots of silver or other interesting designs and items? (Of course being a lifetime issue others struck these in his style. And it could be an ore was used.)
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New Member
 Netherlands
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@louis This is what Price says:   (With an Attic talent weighing 2.6 kg of gold or 26 kg of silver, source: https://books.google.nl/books?id=tr...r%2C&f=false) So silver did come from silver mines in Macedonia, booty from battles, capture of treasuries at cities, sale of slaves and gifts from local rulers. The Persian treasury at Damascus contained 2,600 talents of coined money and 6 talents of wrought silver he says. The treasure at Susa contained 9,000 talents in daries. It could be that Persian treasures were melted down in order to be minted. Alexander didn't hesitate to burn down the palaces at Persepolis. Edited by Quintillius
04/25/2020 06:22 am
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United Kingdom
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A beautiful coin, and a worthy showpiece. |
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Posted 04/24/2020 3:07 pm
