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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III
| Issuer | Mesembria (Thrace) |
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| Year | 250 BC - 175 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing heroic effigy of Heracles, portrayed with youthful idealized features and flowing, elaborately rendered hair. The head is covered with the Nemean lion's scalp, the open jaws framing the crown of the head and the paws knotted at the throat, a hallmark of the Alexander III coinage type. The portrait is executed in high relief with finely detailed musculature at the neck and sensitively modeled facial features characteristic of the Hellenistic artistic tradition. |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Mesambria, Thrace, modern-day Nesebar, Bulgaria |
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