Ca. 336-323 BC Alexander III The Great Tetradrachm Posthumous Issue Thrace

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numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11890 Posts	Posted 11/17/2021 11:15 pm After being intimidated by Ancients my whole life by the depth of knowledge required in this endeavor, I decided to dip my toe in the water and would like your help as I try to assemble a collection of ancients. My collecting philosophy, like that of many others, is to just collect what I like. What I like is limited by what I know, which isn't much. I just think about my history classes and lessons as I was growing up and seek out those people and places that I grew up learning about. I would appreciate any and all thoughts and advice as I assemble my collection. Started today with some popular basics. MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AR tetradrachm (24mm, 5h). NGC Choice VF. Posthumous issue of Babylon I, ca. 311-305 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion-skin headdress, paws tied before neck / AΛEΞANΔPOY-BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Zeus enthroned left, right leg drawn back, feet on stool, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; MI above vertical bipennis in left field, MHYP monogram within wreath below throne. Price 3769. Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34413 Posts	Posted 11/18/2021 07:13 am Quote: right leg drawn back Hopefully someone else can confirm, but as I recall this is what indicates that the piece is posthumous. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11890 Posts	Posted 11/18/2021 07:40 am I think Heracles looked a lot like Elvis in the minds of the Ancient World. Report this Post to the Staff
numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11890 Posts	Posted 11/18/2021 09:46 am The cataloguer's description points to 'MHYP' in a very compact complex character in the wreath. Can anyone help me understand what that stood for? The way the 4 letters are compacted, I would have never guessed it was a contraction of 4 letters. It reminds me of the Tiger Woods logo made up of his 2 initials, but 4 letters seems much more complex and indecipherable. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 11/18/2021 4:05 pm One of the nicest reverse details I've seen. @Spence the crossed legs indicate Posthumous strike. Report this Post to the Staff
numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11890 Posts	Posted 11/18/2021 4:24 pm @echizento - I look forward to learning from you and your cadre of fellow experts. Thanks for helping to make this place what it is. Think I see an engraving technique where the letters are formed by punching a dot in the die design at the letters' endpoints and carving out a channel between the dots. Maybe they were punching the straight portions of the letters with a tool that resembled a flat head awl or screwdriver. I guess punching entire letters into the die came later. Edited by numismatic student 11/18/2021 4:28 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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