A Collection of Alexander the Great Coins

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

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[@GordonGrant-o1h]

Lovely coins Leo 👍 Thanks

[@isabelcrb]

Everyone needs an Alexander in their collection, its a wonderful type of coin

[@owenroche8426]

Such a great collection, I’m glad you could showcase it!

[@EricSchouten-h5q]

Thank you Leo for your videos and contributions to ancient coin collecting!

[@numiscanal8018]

Legendary, definitively. Great video

[@nazarnovitsky9868]

Thanks for the new video ! 😊 👍🏻👍🏻✊🏻🔥

[@hridgreximp6194]

These are insanely well styled, even for lifetime tets…

[@eduev7262]

Increíbles❤ . Me has dejado sin respiración. Magnífico vídeo👏👏👏

[@oldschoolnateguy]

Thank you, wonderful video.

[@mattl3729]

Finally I can contribute in real time! My very first tetradrachm, and my first expensive coin, was a lifetime Alexander- it's still one of the most gorgeous coins in my collection. The relief and detail of these can be spectacular, so they're well worth the cost. I highly recommend them to anyone, even if Hellenistic Greece isn't necessarily your area of specialization. Seeing these in videos always makes me think 'maybe just one more' 😄

[@bratrcunik4571]

The Alexander Tetradrachm is on my wish list. But I have his drachma, minted posthumously in Mylasa.

[@phillricherdson4942]

I was hoping you would have an example from Damascus! I just acquired my first tettadrachm and this video is wonderful!

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

I wish I could show all mints! I would do it if I had the chance, and the access to the coins :)

[@bratrcunik4571]

The Artemis Collection website makes me feel like a little boy in a candy store.

[@briank7936]

Nice! A new video. My quest for a Price 78 continues. I have seen 2 in the past year but have been outbid on both. One day I will have a lifetime issue. Prices have gone up on them over the past year. At least a couple of hundred USD.

[@deg6788]

That Shine on those tetradrachma ❤❤

[@caracallaavg]

Amazing collection. Love the intricate mint marks of the era

[@Golden.Silver.Conquistador]

Awesome very awesome . If you had the composition for each coin, that would be cool.

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

Check out the Artemis Collection's website, they have a lot more details for each individual coin.

[@ABACUStoPC]

The dating system that was used in Price's catalogue was largely based on die studies only, historic documentations and records on this subject are extremely rare, in most cases we can never be 100% certain if a Alexander tetradtrachm is life time or posthumous issue. But of course Price's book is still important as it established a fundamental classification standard for both collectors and researchers

[@ArtemisCollection]

I would also add that three other sources of information were heavily relied upon by Price in his dating: hoard records, stylistic evolution, and the dated types of Sidon and Tyre (Ake according to Price). Die studies from mints like Amphipolis, Babylon, and Tarsos helped determine the chronology but by themselves they don't indicate any particular date. It's only when they're combined with the other sources of information that we can attribute dates to the chronology. So for example, we know the earliest types from Tarsos are not dated but likely were minted before Sidon's types or at around the same time because an engraver from Sidon was then moved to Tyre ("Ake"), and then up to Tarsos. Both Sidon and Tyre had dated types so we know, to within an 12 month period, when those types were produced. Then, since the type the Sidon engraver was working on at Tarsos was manufactured after other types from Tarsos (which we know from die studies), we can say pretty confidently not only did Tarsos begin minting first but also when it began minting and what the date range is for some of those types. The evolution of Zeus' hand and leg position, as well as the addition of the royal tile, also helps date lifetime and early posthumous types because we can look again to Sidon and Tyre to see when these changes occurred at those mints. The changes won't occur simultaneously throughout the empire but they do provide a date estimate, from which other information can be used to narrow further. A good example of this is the Babylon mint and Lloyd Taylor's study on the first group of tetradrachms from this mint. Only one die, from the beginning of the series, shows Zeus with his palm facing outwards, all subsequent dies show his palm facing upwards. We know when this change occurred at Sidon and Tyre so can be reasonably sure Babylon likely wasn't minting before this time but only started after this change began to spread throughout the mints.

[@ivdeadelendaest]

I love how the gilting makes it look like Heracles and Zeus are glowing

[@kevintarrant5854]

Mine is Lysimacus of Thrace with Athena holding Nike on the reverse circa 290 BC

[@ijnyamato4351]

I have a posthumous Drachm of Alexander the Great on the way. I think it might come tomorrow.

[@tscoles83]

I have a antoninianus of Gordian the III I got recently but I can't tell if it is RIC 177 or RIC 34, the problem is that descriptions very from place to place. (I know this is a repost but I didn't know if you would see the other one).

[@donklaser217]

I have a posthumous Drachm.

[@robyn_roamz]

Thanks for pointing out the lion headdress. I couldn’t see it before but now I cannot unseen it.

[@mariuszel759]

Such a wonderful video! Wish you could show us an elephant headpiece and more of celtic abstract interpretations!

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

Theres a video entirely dedicated to the ptolemy elephant headdress type, look up my channel page, you should enjoy it

[@dennisbettencourt1213]

I have a Tetradrachm weighing 12.83 grams stuck in gold. I’ve had it looked at by a local coin expert. It is an authentic struck coin with obvious age, it’s been a family favorite since I can remember. I’m aware these coin weren’t struck in gold. So my question is what is it? I can send him resolution pictures

[@Yes1582]

Great video! Though I just want to point out a small correction for educational purposes. The legend to the right of Baal on the Mazaeus coin actually says Baaltarz. The name Mazaeus (mzdy) appears above the lion on the reverse.

[@HighPlainsDrifter_2024]

I need a BC Coin.

[@KnightFel]

Does any recommend any good websites for purchasing authentic coins? Also for Alexander coins? I just purchased my first Hadrian Denarius from Baldwin’s, but looking for more options! Thank you!

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

Start with Vcoins and MA Shops

[@mattl3729]

Roma Numismatics has a shop, and auctions listed on Biddr and Numisbids are great sources.

[@KnightFel]

@@ClassicalNumismatics thank you!

[@leonardodtc4847]

I have a Phillip iii Tetradrachm

[@LongLivedCoins]

🍯🐝🌻

[@JasonDeville-fi4dh]

The lion is bad ass

[@JasonDeville-fi4dh]

On his head

[@mbourne3538]

Not all crossed legs are posthumous

[@jodydotson3170]

@toddlatorreofficial