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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 | Beardless head of Heracles in right profile, depicted as a youthful hero wearing the Nemean lion-skin headdress, with the scalp drawn over the crown and the forepaws knotted at the throat. The deeply modelled curly hair escapes beneath the pelt in voluminous locks, rendered in the vigorous Hellenistic style characteristic of posthumous Alexandrine coinage. No legend or inscription appears on the obverse field. |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left on a backless throne, his body draped, with a large eagle perched on his extended right hand and a long sceptre held upright in his left. In the inner left field, a Corinthian helmet is placed above a monogram, serving as the mint control marks of the Mesembrian issuing authority. The Greek legend BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔΡOΥ ('of King Alexander') runs along the right and lower fields, following the standard posthumous Alexandrine reverse type. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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