Description
Collection Number: WC 12265
Object Number:
Dates: 336 BC - 323 BC
Denomination: tetradrakhma
Dimensions: 28.01mm
Weight: 15.65g
Authority: Alexander III of Macedon
Mint: Macedonia 'Amphipolis'
Languages: Greek
Obverse Type: Head of beardless Herakles to right, wearing skin of Nemean lion
Obverse Legend:
none
Obverse Inscription Languages: none
Obverse Mintmarks:
none
Obverse Inscription Comment: none
Reverse Type: Zeus seated left, supporting eagle in outstretched right hand and holding scepter in left
Reverse Legend:
ALEXANDROY downward to right, BASILEYS below throne
Reverse Inscription Languages: Greek
Reverse Mintmarks:
kerykeion in left field
Reverse Inscription Comments: Greek
Bibliography
M. Price The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great andPhilip Arrhidaeus (1991) no. 99