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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III
| Issuer | Mytilene (Lesbos) |
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| Year | 215 BC - 200 BC |
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| Diameter | 35 mm |
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| Obverse description | Youthful head of Heracles facing right, depicted beardless with idealized Hellenistic features, enveloped in the scalp of the Nemean lion, the jaws framing the crown of the head and the paws knotted at the neck. The finely rendered curls of hair emerge beneath the lion-skin headdress. The portrait is executed in high relief within a plain inner circle bordered by a beaded outer rim. |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left on a low backless throne, his near-nude body draped at the hips, holding an eagle perched on his extended right hand and a long sceptre upright in his left. In the left field, a civic monogram appears above a kithara (lyre/chelys), serving as the mint control symbol of Mytilene. The Greek legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ runs along the right field, denoting the coin's issue in the name of Alexander. The design is rendered in the mature posthumous Alexandrine style. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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