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ID:
Z5939
Region:
MACEDONIAN KINGS
Issuer:
Alexander III
Date Ruled:
336-323 BC
Metal:
Silver
Denomination:
Drachm
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
323-320 BC
Diameter:
16 mm
Weight:
4.04 g
Obverse Legend:
2
Obverse Description:
Head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin headdress
Reverse Legend:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Reverse Description:
Zeus seated left on backless throne, legs parallel, holding eagle in right hand and scepter in left; monogram in left field
Mint:
Amphipolis
Primary Reference:
Price 0121 var. (tetradrachm)
Photograph Credit:
Beast Coins
Source:
http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/beastcoins/store/dynamicIndex.asp
Grade:
gVF
Notes:
An unrecorded control for this denomination, which copies exactly the tetradrachm Price 121, and apparently quite rare (because of the thoroughness of Price's monumental study and the fact that most things not included there were caught by Hersh, seldom does one find an Alexander not recorded in either). Follow-up notes from Lawrence Woolslayer: It's unpublished, but Hyla Troxell knew they were out there - she just never saw one. The symbol is attributed by her to Amphipolis. It falls under her Group L .
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