Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III, Cyme
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
|---|---|
| Year | 188 BC - 170 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Youthful beardless head of Heracles in right-facing profile, wearing the Nemean lion-skin headdress with the scalp drawn over the crown and the forelegs knotted beneath the chin. The musculature of the lion's muzzle and paws is rendered with fine detail, while Heracles' idealized facial features — smooth brow, almond-shaped eye, and softly parted lips — reflect the Hellenistic portrait tradition associating the hero with Alexander the Great. The hair is rendered in tight, plastic curls escaping from beneath the headdress. No legend appears on the obverse; the field is otherwise plain. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | ND (188 BC - 170 BC) |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |