Please help in identification of Ancient Macedonia Coin (Maybe Alexander The Great)

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zipzappa
Joined: 23 Jun 2015
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Posted: 27 Sep 2019, 21:26 #
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Please help in identification. Coin weight is 5.99g diameter 19 mm
Camerinvs
Joined: 19 May 2016
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Posted: 29 Sep 2019, 23:20 #
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Since it is bronze I suspect it is Hellenistic, i.e. post-Alexander. The key should be the inscription on the reverse, but the picture is too dark and I can only read “M” at the start of the first line.
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numisquare
Joined: 25 Oct 2017
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Posted: 3 Oct 2019, 03:00 #
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Seleucid Empire
Alexander II 128-122 BC
AE, denomination B, 18-20mm, 5.03-8.30g, median 6.5-6.99g.
Mint: Antioch on the Orontes

o. Head of Alexander II r., dotted border.
r. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on r., ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ on l., young Dionysus standing l.
Date (inner l., reading downward): ΔΠΡ (S.E. 184 = 129/8 BC).

Houghton 2008: #2229.

See: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces84459.html
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