Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Drachm In the name of Alexander III, Kolophon
| Issuer | Kings of Thrace |
|---|---|
| Year | 310 BC - 301 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Head of Herakles facing right, draped in the Nemean lion skin headdress, the scalp and paws rendered in fine detail characteristic of the Lysippan tradition. The effigy is executed in high relief with well-defined facial features, curling hair visible beneath the lion's mane. The coin is struck on an irregular flan with no visible legend on the obverse, conforming to the standard Alexander-type drachm coinage. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Zeus Aetophoros enthroned left on a throne with dotted frame, his upper body nude and draped from the waist, holding a long sceptre in his left hand and an eagle standing right in his outstretched right hand. The Greek legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ runs downward to the right of the figure. A mint control symbol (Π) appears in the left field. The style and control marks are consistent with the Colophon mint issue as catalogued by Price. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |