Alexander the Great, Silver Tetradrachm

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Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander the Great (336-323 BC). Silver Tetradrachm, posthumous issue, mint of Babylon, c. 317-311 BC. Obverse: Head of Herakles facing right, wearing a lionskin headdress. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ…
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Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander the Great (336-323 BC).

Silver Tetradrachm, posthumous issue, mint of Babylon, c. 317-311 BC.

Obverse: Head of Herakles facing right, wearing a lionskin headdress.
Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ – ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre, monogram within wreath in left field.

(Price 3704).

Very Fine.

17.01g.

Specification

Period 336 - 323 BC
Date c. 317-311 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
Weight 17.01 g

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