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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III, Messembria
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 250 BC - 175 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Herakles facing right, depicted in the Lysippan tradition, wearing the scalp of the Nemean lion as a headdress, with the gaping jaws framing the crown of the head and the paws knotted at the neck. The hair of the hero flows in thick, naturalistically rendered curls beneath the lion skin. The portrait fills the field with bold, high-relief modeling characteristic of the Hellenistic die-cutting tradition. |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left on a high-backed throne, his body draped, holding an eagle aloft in his extended right hand and a long vertical scepter in his left. The legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ runs along the right and lower margins of the field. To the left of the throne, a Corinthian helmet facing right appears above the civic monogram ΖΩ, serving as the control symbol and mint identifier for the Thracian city of Messembria. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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