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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III
| Issuer | Perge (Pamphylia) |
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| Year | 214 BC - 213 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | Youthful head of Heracles facing right, clad in the Nemean lion skin headdress, the scalp tied beneath the chin, rendered in the Lysippan tradition characteristic of Alexandrine coinage. The modeling of the face is bold and naturalistic, with finely engraved curling locks of hair visible beneath the lion's mane. The field is plain, and the flan is slightly irregular, as typical of this provincial posthumous series. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Perge was one of several Pamphylian cities that continued striking Alexander-type tetradrachms well into the late third century BC, long after the Macedonian king's death in 323. This issue dates to a period when the region was passing between Seleucid and Ptolemaic influence, and civic mints like Perge used the Alexander coinage idiom partly to maintain commercial continuity across shifting political allegiances.
The Colin Perge#8 classification reflects the detailed die study by Colin that remains the primary reference for distinguishing Pergean issues from the broader Pamphylian series — a non-trivial task given how closely related the regional dies can appear.