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Alexander The Great?

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 Posted 04/11/2015  1:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add arnoldoe to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That one would have been made 311-300 BC under Seleucus I


"""Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm

Babylon I mint. Struck in the name of Alexander III of Macedon, circa 311-300 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aėtophoros seated left; H to left; monogram within wreath below throne. SC 82.7; Price 3708"""


I think it is probably real, but I would wait for someone else to say
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 Posted 04/11/2015  4:57 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Peter99 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Many thanks indeed for all the information, which I find most interesting!
Presumably 'SC82.7' identifies exactly the coin, but what does 'Price 3708"""' indicate?
My friend, 12 years ago considered it's value at about £60, 'if genuine'.

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 Posted 04/11/2015  5:48 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add arnoldoe to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
the Price 3708 is another identifier of the coin, the 3708th coin from
The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus by Martin Price

and if real ill guess around 125-175 GPB/ 180-250 USD
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 Posted 04/11/2015  6:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add lrbguy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Since I don't have the Price volume I have to ask, what is it about this coin that links it to mintage by/under Seleucus I since his name does not appear on it? The monogram in the wreath?

For what its worth, based on the appearance in the pic, Peter, the fabric of your coin looks absolutely correct for a silver tet. I think you can expect it to be approved as authentic.
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04/11/2015 6:40 pm
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 Posted 04/11/2015  7:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add arnoldoe to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
yeah, I used the H and the monogram in the wreath to ID it,

you can usually identify these pretty easily,

I just went to google and typed in ""alexander tetradrachm "h in left field" monogram in wreath""

http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=164579
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 Posted 04/11/2015  10:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add oh my florin to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It is a genuine coin and frankly has very nice toning on it. arnoldoe's valuation I would say is a little conservative, I would put retail at 200GBP/275-300USD with the toning being one of the big pluses on this coin.

On who struck it you need to first identify the mint and date of minting which corresponds to a certain Macedonian Didochi's Kingdom. The price guide should already have this step completed so should help you out. To identify coins you can use Wildwinds here http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/gree...r_III/t.html to identify the mints/dates/rulers corresponding mintmarks. I have found that generally a monogram in a wreath on an Alexander the Great con will generally correspond with the Middle East with Babylon the most likely mint.
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 Posted 04/12/2015  10:23 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Peter99 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Many thanks to:-

arnoldoe
Irbguy
oh my florin

and this most excellent forum for all the most interesting information about my coin.
I certainly have some work to do to catch up!

I am glad that my numismatic 'friend' of 12 years ago is being proved wrong in his opinions of the small coin collection which I inherited.
Please refer to my early post under English coins regarding hammered coins of Kings Eadgar & Canute which he considered as 'not genuine'.
Many thanks again!
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