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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III, Assos
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 210 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Youthful bare head of Heracles facing right, depicted beardless with idealized classical features, enveloped in the scalp of the Nemean lion as headdress, the lion's jaws framing the crown of the head and its pelt falling across the neck and shoulder. The bold high-relief portraiture exhibits the refined Hellenistic style characteristic of the Alexandrine coinage tradition, with finely rendered curling hair visible beneath the lion skin. The field is plain and unlegended. |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Aetophoros enthroned left on a low backless throne, his nude upper body turned slightly toward the viewer; his outstretched right hand supports an eagle with wings closed, while his left hand grasps a long upright sceptre. The reverse legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ runs to the right of the figure. In the left field, a seated griffin facing left serves as the mint control symbol identifying the issue to Assos. The composition follows the canonical Alexandrine reverse type with crisp die-cutting in the Hellenistic posthumous tradition. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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