)But i know German collectors are expert in Greek coins, so i hope to solve a doubt, a very big doubt, and i hope you want me to go on writing on this forum even in future.
I need help with my first, beautiful, Alexander The Great
the seller says:
GREEK ALEXANDER THE GREAT 336 - 323 B.C AE UNIT
WEIGHT : 5.90 gm
DIAM : 19 mm
HEAD OF HERAKLES RIGHT , WEARING LION`S SKIN HEADDRESS / CLUB AND BOWCASE .
SNG COP 1057
CHOICE : VF
but i know that SNG COP 1057 is:
http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer ... 28&Lot=286
and my coin is 21 mm in the max diameter and 17 in the shorter
I can't see if there is something on the exergue, but it seems empty...
the coin type could be:
Alexander the Great Type 2 (gorytos type) bronze, four chalkoi (hemiobol), AE19, 4.5g, Western Asia Minor, c. 336-323 BC, M.J. Price 322, Müller 1699, SNG Saraglos 843, SNG Milano 145, SNG Stockholm 284, SNG Cop. 1059, McClean 3516. This Alexander bronze type, like the first, also features Herakles on the obverse and a soldier's weapons on the reverse. But in this case the weapons are a gorytos (case for bow and quiver) along with a club, and the bow lies within the gorytos rather than underneath the quiver.
But there is a problem:
my coin doesn't show ALEXANDPOU but ALEXANDOU
without P (RO)
is it possible? in the picture you can see a magnifying.
Making some reserches i discovered that ALEXANDOU legend can be found on some drachm and tetradrachm, but not on bronzes!!!
Can it be a variant?
or a coin unpublished?!?!?
