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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III, Uranopolis
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 300 BC - 290 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of the youthful, beardless Heracles facing right, wearing the Nemean lion skin headdress, the scalp drawn over the crown with the lion's open jaws framing the face and the forepaws knotted at the throat. The facial features are rendered with fine detail, displaying curling locks of hair escaping beneath the headdress, and the characteristic idealized portrait style associated with the Alexander the Great coinage tradition. No legend appears on the obverse. |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Aetophoros enthroned left on a backless stool-throne, his partially draped figure shown in three-quarter view; he holds an eagle on his outstretched right hand and a long sceptre in his left. In the left field, a star resting on a cone (symbol of Uranopolis) appears above the Greek letter Theta, with the letter Alpha positioned below the throne serving as a control mark. The reverse legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ runs along the right field, identifying the issue as struck in the name of Alexander. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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