Alexander the Great AR Tetradrachm

Item Reference: C189NG066155 Sold Share
Macedon, Alexander the Great (336-323 BC) AR Tetradrachm 16.90gm., Babylon, posthumous issue under Seleucus, c. 311-300 BC. Obverse: Head of Herakles facing right, wearing lion-skin headdress. Reverse: Zeus seated left…
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Description

Macedon, Alexander the Great (336-323 BC)

AR Tetradrachm 16.90gm., Babylon, posthumous issue under Seleucus, c. 311-300 BC.

Obverse: Head of Herakles facing right, wearing lion-skin headdress.

Reverse: Zeus seated left on throne, holding sceptre in left hand and eagle on outstretched right, AΛEΞANΔPoY, monogram in left field.

(Price 3704).

Good Very Fine.

Specification

Period c 311 - 300 BC
Coin Group

Ancient Greece

Denomination

Tetradrachm

Coin Ruler

Alexander III

Country

Thrace and Macedonia

Coin House

Kings of Macedon

Metal

Silver

Mint Mark

Babylon

References Price 3704; HGC 9, 10f
Weight 16.90 g

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