Alexander III The Great Macedon (336 - 323 BC) Silver Drachm AR 18mm approx 4gr

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Alexander III The Great Macedon (336 - 323 BC) Silver Drachm AR 18mm approx 4gr:
$399.99

Title: Alexander III The Great of Macedon (336-323 B. C.) Description: Silver drachm struck at Colophon? Mint, Troas, posthumous c. last years of the 4th century, obverse Head of Herakles head right, clad in Nemean Lion scalp headdress tied at neck; reverse Legend on right reading from top to bottom \"ALEXANDROU\", Zeus enthroned left, eagle in right, long vertical scepter in left, right leg drawn back, \"N\" monogram under throne. Attribution can be made \"only with caution\". Metal: SilverCondition: *UngradedWeight: Approximate 4 gramsDiameter: 18mmIncludes: A Mahogany Wood Guardhouse capsule display box (3.87in. x 3.87in. x 1.25in.) for a large sized plastic capsule holder with interior black foam disc surrounding coin perimeter, *Certificate of Authenticity from \"New York Mint\" AMS, 2010 (*Coin offered as ungraded).Inventory: A2

Note: “the coinage in name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus”... It was probably minted in Colophon. In Price we read: “Colophon is one of the most productive drachma mints of Alexander coinage. Unfortunately the attribution relies on the suggestion that Colophon had been a productive mint in the Persian period*, and on the assumption that autonomous issues believed to have ended with the coming of Alexander would have continued at the same mint in the form of imperial Macedonian drachmae.” (* J. G. Milne,Colophon and its coinage: a study,1941). This type of coin is believed to be from the final years of the fourth century BC and means it’s most likely minted after the death of Alexander III.