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ID:
892763
Type:
Greek
Region:
MACEDONIAN KINGS
Issuer:
Alexander III
Date Ruled:
336-323 BC
Metal:
Silver
Denomination:
Tetradrachm
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
325-275 BC
Weight:
16.93 g
Die Axis:
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, both feet on footstool, holding eagle in right hand and scepter in left; in left field, Pegasus forepart left
Mint:
Uncertain
Primary Reference:
Price unlisted Tet. #100
Reference2:
Unpublished
Photograph Credit:
Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung
Source:
http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=892763
Grade:
EF
Notes:
Although Price lists a tetradrachm with these exact attributes (#866), this example is stylistically dissimilar to all known examples, and should therefore be classified as an heretofore unknown issue. (Moderator)
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