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Drachm In the name of Alexander III, Magnesia ad Maeandrum

Issuer Kingdom of Macedonia
Year 319 BC - 305 BC
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Shape Round (irregular)
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Obverse description Head of Herakles facing right, wearing the Nemean lion scalp headdress, the jaws of the pelt framing his face and the forepaws knotted at his throat. The portrait is rendered in fine Lysippan style with strong facial modeling, curling hair visible beneath the scalp, and a smooth, unlettered field. No legend appears on the obverse.
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Reverse description Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left, nude to the waist, his eagle-topped sceptre held vertically in his left hand while an eagle perches on his outstretched right hand. The god sits on a high-backed throne with a footstool beneath his feet. The Greek legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ runs downward to the right of the figure, with a control monogram (ΒΓ) visible in the upper right field and a secondary control mark (Α) to the lower left of the throne.
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Reverse lettering ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
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