Description
Collection Number: WC 1270
Object Number:
Dates: 300 BC - 294 BC
Denomination: tetradrakhma
Dimensions: 29.00mm
Weight: 17.15g
Authority: Alexander III of Macedon
Mint: Babylon I
Languages: Greek
Obverse Type: Head of beardless Herakles in lion skin, facing right
Obverse Legend:
none
Obverse Inscription Languages: none
Obverse Mintmarks:
none
Obverse Inscription Comment: none
Reverse Type: Zeus seated left holding eagle in outstretched right hand, scepter in left hand; B-L underneath throne, monogram in left field
Reverse Legend:
to right, vertically arranged: ALEXANDROU
below throne: BASILEOS
Reverse Inscription Languages: Greek
Reverse Mintmarks:
none
Reverse Inscription Comments: none
Bibliography
M. Price The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Gerat and Philip Arrhidaeus. A British Museum Catalogue (Zurich: 1991) no. 3778 (same dies; see note to SC below)
A. Houghton and Catharine Lorber Seleucid Coins. A Comprehensive Catalogue. Part 1. Seleucus I through Antiochus III (Lancaster, PA, and London: 2002) no. 87.2 (same obverse die as Price 3778 and SC 82.8 [Price 3718] and 87.1 [Price 3777])