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Tetradrachm - Alexander III Babylon
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 331 BC - 325 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Youthful head of Herakles facing right, depicted in three-quarter relief with naturalistic musculature, wearing the Nemean lion skin headdress with the scalp knotted beneath the chin and the paws draped across the shoulders. The hair is rendered in characteristic curling locks beneath the lion skin, with fine beaded border visible along the coin's edge. The portrait displays the idealized Lysippan style associated with Alexander's official coinage, blending heroic archetype with subtle royal portraiture. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Mint | Babylon |
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