Alexander the Great, Posthumous Silver Drachm

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Alexander the Great (336 – 323 BC). Posthumous Silver Drachm, mint of Magnesia, c. 319 – 305 BC. Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Reverse: Zeus Aëtophoros…
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Alexander the Great (336 – 323 BC).

Posthumous Silver Drachm, mint of Magnesia, c. 319 – 305 BC.

Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.
Reverse: Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre.

(Pr. 1970; Müller 793)

Good Very Fine.

4.25g.

Specification

Period 336 - 323 BC
Date c. 319 - 305 BC
Coin Group

Ancient Greece

Denomination

Drachm

Coin Ruler

Alexander III

Country

Thrace and Macedonia

Coin House

Kings of Macedon

Metal

Silver

Mint Mark

Magnesia

References Pr. 1970; Müller 793
Weight 4.25 g

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