Hello
I appeal to the help of experts in coins of Ancient Greece. I can not determine the coin, the inscription is badly read. Weight 1.25. diameter 10 mm. Many thanks in advance.
Best regards
Yuri.
I think the legend reads ΑΝΤΙΠΑΤΡΟΣ (transliterated = ANTIPATROS) = Antipater. If he's the Antipater I'm thinking about, he was regent for Alexander IV, young son of Alexander III "the Great", and therefore virtually ruled as king.
The ending in -ΟΣ (instead of -ΟΥ) and, more importantly, the fact that no coin in his name is listed in the Wildwinds database, would indicate that this is a modern fantasy piece. I hope someone else can prove me wrong because the strike and surface look authentic.
To the best of my knowledge, they kept on striking the (boring) AΛEΞANΔΡOY BAΣIΛEOΣ series ("Alexandrou Basileos" = "(coin) of King Alexander") for years after Alexander's death.
