There are two variants of early Alexandrine tetradrachms, the style of which is similar to that of the late lifetime issues of Tarsos coins in the name of Alexander the Great, and which have a grape hanging from a vine branch in the left field of the reverse (Price 1991, p. 369, Nos. 2988–9; Newell 1912, p. 41, Nos. 68–9). There are two variants of these coins differing in the absence or presence of the royal title on the reverse, i.e. AΛEΞANΔPOY or ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, see Figures 1 and 2. The style of these coins suggests that their origin is in Cilicia, and the symbol on the reverse points to Nagidos, whose pre-Hellenistic staters mostly depict Dionysos holding a bunch of grapes hanging from a vine branch. M. J. Price therefore tentatively assigned these coins to the Nagidos mint and estimated the period of minting at c. 325–320 BC (ibid., p. 369).
Since the attribution to the Nagidos mint is uncertain, this coin type is not part of the catalogue of Nagidos coins presented here.
Figure 1. Variant without the title ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ (Price 1991, p. 369, No. 2988; Newell 1912, p. 41, No. 68).
Figure 2. Variant with the title ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ (Price 1991, p. 369, No. 2989; Newell 1912, p. 41, No. 69).
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Figure 1: | The Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen of Berlin, Accession 1875 Prokesch-Osten, Object number 18254159, Permalink https://ikmk.smb.museum/object?id=18254159 |
Figure 2: | Roma Numismatics Limited, E-Sale 88 (9 September 2021), Lot 256 (acsearch.info URL) |
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