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