Alexander The Great - Tet - Identification

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Looks like a very nice coin.

Here is a link to volume 1 of the price catalog on Alexander the Great coins. I see if I can find vol and post that later.
https://www.scribd.com/doc/44307734...J-Price-1991

Thanks for info and are you sure guys with Ephesus? I found similar coin and it says its from Babylon because is "MI" mark above "bee":



"29. Alexander III, the Great; 336-323 B.C. AR tetradrachm (17.2 gm), struck circa 311-300 BC under Seleukos I, Nikator. 312-281 BC. Obv: Hd. of Herakles r. wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev: Î'ΛΕΞÎ'Î�Î"ΡΟΥ to r., (Î'Î'ΣΙΛΕΩΣ) in ex. Zeus std. l. on throne holding eagle in r. hand & scepter in his l. To left, monogram "MI" above bee, monogram within wreath below throne. Price 3754; SC 82.2b, Babylon I mint"

That's a good argument for Babylon. You are right about the MI. Just because the coins design is slightly different doesn't discredit the mint. Most coins are made from several different dies. Each die is cut by hand and thus each one will be different even if all the devices that have to be their are their.

With the evidence presented I would say it IS Babylon mint rather than Ephesus mint. I would like to know what the significance of Ephesus mark on a coin of Babylon. Strange but apparently so.

Just starting out..your certainly doing it the right way. Well played.