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ID:
309444
Type:
Greek
Region:
MACEDONIAN KINGS
Issuer:
Alexander III
Date Ruled:
336-323 BC
Metal:
Gold
Denomination:
Stater
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
311-300 BC
Diameter:
18 mm
Weight:
8.55 g
Die Axis:
10 h
Obverse Description:
Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a griffin
Reverse Legend:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Reverse Description:
Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm; ΗΡ below left wing; below right wing, ΝΚ ligate above ΔΕΙ
Mint:
Uncertain East
Primary Reference:
PO(1) 211 var. (tetradrachm)
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
Source:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=309444
Grade:
EF
Notes:
Prokesh-Osten, "Liste des Alexandres de ma collection qui ne se trouvent pas dans le catalogue de Mr. L. Müller," NZ 1 (1869), 211 for a tetradrachm with nearly identical markings.
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