Though I said I was going to focus on Roman Republican coinage, I did say it would be a weak focus. 
I finally got an Alexander lifetime tetradrachm to match my lifetime drachm. This one is darkly toned and was minted in Babylon.
Alexander III “The Great”. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm, struck circa 325-323 BC.
Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion’s skin headdress.
Reverse: Zeus seated left, holding eagle in right hand, sceptre in left; grapes and M before, monogram below throne.
Price 3641b (same obverse die); Müller 692. 26mm, 16.62 g. Babylon mint.
Last but certainly not least, the third coin that I won, a nice tetradrachm of Lysimachos. It’s a very nice coin in hand, especially the Alexander the Great portrait on the obverse. I have been wanting one of these for years. I think I got this one at a great price.
Thracian Kingdom. Lysimachos. 323-281 B.C. AR tetradrachm. Magnesia on the Maeander, 297/6-282/1 B.C.
Obverse: Diademed head of deified Alexander right, with Ammon-horn.
Reverse: BASILEWS LUSIMACOU, Athena seated left, holding Nike and resting arm on shield, spear behind; in outer left field, monogram in wreath; in exergue, S.
Cf. Thompson 102. 30 mm, 16.62 g, 1′.
Ex Freeman & Sear; Ex ACCG Benefit Auction Lot 21, August 17, 2008.
This coin was minted in 5th century B.C. Athens. Massive amounts were issued to finance the Peloponnesian War and the building of the Parthenon among other things. Click on the thumbnail at right for a larger image and attribution.
