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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III
| Issuer | Uncertain Greek city (Greece (ancient)) |
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| Year | 323 BC - 300 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Youthful head of Heracles facing right, depicted beardless, wearing the Nemean lion skin headdress with the scalp knotted beneath the chin and the forepaws draped over the shoulders. The portrait displays the fine Lysippan-influenced style characteristic of early posthumous Alexander coinage, with delicately rendered facial features and naturalistic musculature of the lion skin. No inscription appears on the obverse. |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left on a backless stool-throne, his body nude to the waist with a himation draped across his lower limbs. He holds an eagle with spread wings on his outstretched right hand and a long upright sceptre in his raised left hand. The Greek legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ runs along the right field. In the left field, the letter Φ appears above a monogram control mark, with a second monogram positioned beneath the throne. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Φ |
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