Ancient Greece: Kingdom of Macedon, silver drachm of Alexander III, ca. 336-323 BC, lifetime issue

lordmarcovan

Ancient Greece: Kingdom of Macedon, silver drachm of Alexander III ("The Great"), ca. 336-323 BC, lifetime issue

NGC Fine (Strike 4/5, Surface 2/5, "deposits"). Acquired raw as part of a trade with Jason Colinger ('erwindoc"), Collectors Universe forums, 8/29/2012. Ex-Littleton Coin Company sometime before that.

Alexander III is better known as Alexander the Great*, of course. This particular coin is not the greatest example by any means, but I'm much happier owning it than the circulated Walking Liberty halves I traded for it. This coin does not compare to the huge posthumous tetradrachm* I once owned, nor to another slabbed drachm I had a few years ago, but it will hold space in my "Box of 20" set just fine until I step up to another tetradrachm someday.





NGC cert verification page

When posted here, this coin was part of my "Eclectic Box of 20" collection.

JCMhouston

Very nice Lord M, so far I have resisted ancients but it's getting harder and harder.

WillieBoyd2

I got this beauty in 2011:


Alexander the Great Tetradrachm Babylon Lifetime issue

Obverse:
Bust of Alexander as Herakles wearing lion-skin headdress
Reverse:
Zeus seated left holding eagle in right hand and scepter in left hand
Astragalos and M in left field, monogram under throne
ALEXANDER (in Greek)
Size: 27mm
Weight: 17.10gm
Catalog: Price 3674
Struck: BC 325-323 Babylon

I bought it partly because it was minted in Babylon.

lordmarcovan

"Alas, Babylon" That's a sharp one, WB2!

I still like your aureus the best, I think.

nicholasz219

Lord M, very nice coin! I hope to add an Alex to my collection and have been lurking around a few auctions all over the place in hopes of a minor issue at a reasonable price.

Willie: Super sharp, that is.

SmEagle1795

Here's my example, a lifetime tetradrachm currently in an NGC AU "Star" holder with Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5. This came from the Aradus mint.

lordmarcovan

As usual, you've trumped all the rest of us, SE1795.

But as I've said, I don't mind a bit. Gives us a chance to admire your beauties.

I'll bet your "junkbox" coins would be prizes, if they were in my collection.

I've often said that about the holed Zeno solidus which is the centerpiece of my Holey Gold Hat. It must have come out of Louis Eliasberg's junkbox. (I picture some old cigar box in his desk drawer).