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Stater - deified Alexander III Alexandreia
| Issuer | Ptolemaic Kingdom |
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| Year | 312 BC |
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| Value | Gold Stater (20) |
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| Obverse description | Head of the deified Alexander III facing right, portrayed with the attributes of the hero Heracles: wearing the scalp of the Nemean lion, its gaping jaws framing the upper portion of the face and knotted beneath the chin. The rendering is in the idealized Hellenistic style, with fine hair curling beneath the lion-skin headdress and delicate facial features conveying divine youth. The flan is slightly irregular, characteristic of early Ptolemaic hammered gold coinage. No legend is present on the obverse. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (-312) |
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