Alexander the Great, Posthumous Silver Drachm

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Alexander the Great (336 – 323 BC). Posthumous Silver Drachm, mint of Miletos, c. 300 – 295 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 Miletos, c. 300 – 295 BC.

Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.
Reverse: Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, helmet-crest to left, labrys (double-headed axe) below throne.

(Price 2138; Müller 1133).

Near Extremely Fine.

4.23g.

Specification

Period 336 - 323 BC
Date c. 300 - 295 BC
Coin Group

Ancient Greece

Denomination

Drachm

Coin Ruler

Alexander III

Country

Thrace and Macedonia

Coin House

Kings of Macedon

Metal

Silver

Mint Mark

Miletos

References Price 2138; Müller 1133
Weight 4.23 g

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