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Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III the Great. 336-323 B.C. AR obol (8 mm, 0.59 g, 7 h). Ake-Ptolemaïs (or possibly Tyre) mint, Uncertain date, probably either year 20 or 21 (327/6 or 326/5 B.C.). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / [ΑΛΕΞΑΝ...], Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in left field, Persian era date (off flan). Cf. Price 3253 (dated year 21); cf. Newell 15 (same); HGC 10, 6 (also year 21). VF, porous.
From the Kenneth Miller Collection of Ake-Ptolemaïs and Related Biblical Coins.
Although Price and Newell only record year 21 (326/5 B.C.) for this issue, Cohen, The Dated Coins of Antiquity, records a second date, year 20, citing an example seen in trade in April 2009.
From the Kenneth Miller Collection of Ake-Ptolemaïs and Related Biblical Coins.
Although Price and Newell only record year 21 (326/5 B.C.) for this issue, Cohen, The Dated Coins of Antiquity, records a second date, year 20, citing an example seen in trade in April 2009.