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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III, Carrhae
| Issuer | Seleucid Empire |
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| Year | 305 BC - 300 BC |
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| Weight | 17 g |
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| Obverse description | Youthful male head in right profile, depicting Herakles assimilated to Alexander III, wearing the Nemean lion-skin headdress with the scalp knotted at the throat, its paws visible at the lower neck. The portrait displays finely rendered curling hair emerging beneath the lion scalp, with strong idealized facial features characteristic of the Alexander coinage tradition. The flan is broad and slightly irregular, with the design set boldly in high relief, filling the field with no legend or border. |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Aetophoros enthroned left on a low backless throne, his body draped from the waist, holding a long upright scepter in his raised left hand and extending his right hand to support an eagle standing right with wings closed. The Greek legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to the right and ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to the left reads 'of King Alexander.' A crescent symbol and a monogram appear in the left field, and a further control monogram is placed beneath the throne, serving as mint or magistrate marks characteristic of Seleucid issues struck in the name of Alexander. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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