NEWP: Alexander The Great Tetradrachm

Zohar

This floated on ebay and sold at what I believe to be a very fair price for a choice piece. Hopefully I find one with nicer style down the line.

Alexander III The Great ca 336-323 BC. Early Posthumous Issue Amphipolis. AR Tetradrachm. 25mm, 17.08g. Price 468. Müller 60. Obv: Head of Hercules with face of Alexander to right. Rev: ALEXANDROU Zeus Aetophoros enthroned to left, eagle on extended right hand, sceptre in left hand. On outer left L over torch. Kantharos under throne. NGC AU* 5/5, 5/5.

thatboyaintright

Very nice So many around but so few with such good eye appeal.

JCMhouston

Lovely Z, nicely struck and centered.

SmEagle1795

Great addition! I like the cantharus beneath Zeus!

TPRC

Nice piece. It always amazes me that these pieces are still around at relatively reasonable prices.

NiceCurrency

a very nice example of this immensely popular type, cool to have one attributed to amphipolis, I have one minted in babylonia, lower grade though

lordmarcovan

Great one, Z. That high relief really pops.



<< <i>I like the cantharus beneath Zeus! >>

I only just noticed that. That's pretty neat.

(I ol' Zeus kept it handy under his throne, for an emergency chamber pot, after he'd drunk its contents?)

Aethelred

Nice surfaces on that example.

marcmoish

nice looking piece !

Hopefully I find one with nicer style down the line.

hopefully you didn't can your Taler newp's almost weekly show and tell

Zohar

Marc - thank you

Not much to look at these days....

Oh well, here are a couple that I really like which has the EA that we all like.

EVillageProwler

Meh. If you've seen one lovely thaler, you've seen 'em all.

AnkurJ

Very nice example!

lordmarcovan

Oh, that 1628 ...