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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     776816 Type:     Greek Region:     MACEDONIAN KINGS Issuer:     Alexander III Date Ruled:     336-323 BC Metal:     Silver Denomination:     Tetradrachm Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     323-280 BC Diameter:     26 mm Weight:     17.08 g Die Axis:     12 h Obverse Description:     Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress Reverse Legend:     ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Reverse Description:     Zeus seated left on throne with back, right leg drawn back, holding eagle in right hand and scepter in left; club in left field Mint:     Uncertain Western Asia Minor Primary Reference:     Price unlisted Tet. #018 Reference2:     Unpublished Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=90363 Grade:     EF Notes:     Price 733 (Argos mint) is a match for this type, but all elements of style are significantly different. The overall style, and particularly that of the obverse portrait and the throne on the reverse, is most similar to the mints of Ionia. Erythrai is known to use the club as a regular symbol, but always in conjunction with a monogram. Most perplexing is the appearance of the dotted border on the reverse, which is apparently unknown among the early issues of western Asia Minor with no obverse border.

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