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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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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Youthful head of Heracles in right profile, wearing the Nemean lion-skin headdress, with the scalp rendered in high relief and the paws knotted at the throat. The portrait displays the idealized features characteristic of the Lysippan tradition associated with Alexander III imagery, with finely engraved curling hair visible beneath the lion-skin. The modeling of the face is bold and confident, with a strong jaw, slightly parted lips, and a deeply set eye, all executed in the Hellenistic style prevalent in posthumous Alexandrine coinage of the Thracian region. |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left on a backless throne, his body shown in three-quarter view; he holds an eagle perched on his extended right hand and a long sceptre in his raised left hand. In the inner left field, a Corinthian helmet is depicted as a control symbol, with a monogram placed beneath the throne. The Greek legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ is disposed in two vertical lines flanking the seated figure, identifying the issue as struck in the name of Alexander the Great. The overall composition follows the standard posthumous Alexandrine reverse type, with the Mesembriot civic symbols differentiating this local emission. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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