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ID:
349559
Type:
Greek
Region:
MACEDONIAN KINGS
Issuer:
Alexander III
Date Ruled:
336-323 BC
Metal:
Silver
Denomination:
Tetradrachm
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
323-317 BC
Diameter:
29 mm
Weight:
17.02 g
Die Axis:
11 h
Obverse Description:
Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress
Reverse Legend:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ 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; wreath in left field; below throne, Ε above strut, monogram below
Mint:
Ecbatana
Primary Reference:
Price unlisted Tet. #135
Reference2:
Unpublished
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
Source:
https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=349559
Grade:
aEF
Notes:
The control marks suggest a Seleukid issue from Susa (cf. SC 164 Group 1), but the style here is too far from the norm at that mint. The style closely resembles the rare pre-Seleukid tetradrachm issue at Ekbatana (Price 3956), as well as the earliest issues struck under Seleukos I (SC 202.1–2). As the control marks for Ekbatana under the Seleukids are well attested, and do not resemble those on the present piece, this tetradrachm is likely from the pre-Seleukid period of the mint.
Created and Managed by Alfredo De La Fe
