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Offline Katharosteriphos

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Alexander III. bronze - but what exactly? ID help appreciated.
« on: March 21, 2011, 04:55:46 pm »
dear friends,

up for ID is a nice little Alexander III. bronze. I am not sure if it's a lifetime issue though, since information on this kind of coins online is fairly hard to find.

It would be great to know minting date, city, ruler, catalogue referece, etc. - any comment on anything is very much appreciated!  8)

so, here's what I got:

Obv: Head of Alex. III. right, wearing lion skin
Rev: two leaves (?) and letter N above, club in centre, AΛEΞANΔPOY, bow-case below

Diameter is 18,39mm exactly  ;)


thank you and best regards,

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Re: Alexander III. bronze - but what exactly? ID help appreciated.
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2011, 02:51:39 am »
Hi Katharosteriphos,

your AE-Alexandros is a lifetime issue, struck at Tarsos/Cilicia ca. 333-327 BC.

Obv. Herakles wearing lion skin
Rev. club AΛEΞANΔPOY bow in bowcase, above grapes <- N
Ref.: M.J.Price #3030, Müller 309

When Alexander arrived in Cilicia he found a well established coinage produced from Tarsos by the Satraps. The same engravers clearly turned from cutting dies for the Persians to producing those of the imperial Macedonian coinage. The imperial coinage, therefore, began to be produced immediately after Alexander´s arrival in summer 333 BC. These imperial issues of Tarsos are commonly represented in hoards, and the coinage was large.
(Excerpt from 'The coinage in the name of Alexander the great and Philip Arrhidaeus' by Martin Jessop Price)

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Re: Alexander III. bronze - but what exactly? ID help appreciated.
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2011, 10:51:42 am »
Dear Taurisker,

Thank you very much! Great information! I need to get a copy of that Price book!

Best regards & Thanks again! 8)

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Re: Alexander III. bronze - but what exactly? ID help appreciated.
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2011, 01:55:51 pm »
Quote from: Katharosteriphos on March 23, 2011, 10:51:42 am
Thank you very much! Great information! I need to get a copy of that Price book!

You´re welcome!

Well, the 'Price' is very very helpful browsing the coinage of Alexandros Megas, but the book is out of print and at the time it´s only available on second-hand or at assorted numismatists with literature service. Here in Europe the 'Price' costs about 180-200 Euro (unused), this is cheap for this two volume edition (plates+description).

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