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ID:     195006
Type:     Greek
Region:     MACEDONIAN KINGS
Issuer:     Alexander III
Date Ruled:     336-323 BC
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Tetradrachm
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     276-274(?) BC
Diameter:     28 mm
Weight:     17.08 g
Die Axis:     2 h
Obverse Description:     Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress
Reverse Legend:     ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Reverse Description:     Zeus seated left on backless throne, holding eagle in right hand and scepter in left, right leg drawn back; in left field, grape bunch with stem; Α below throne
Mint:     Macedon
Primary Reference:     PO(1) 210
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=195006
Special Comments:     Very rare
Grade:     VF
Notes:     There are a number of coins in the article of Prokesh-Osten that Price could not verify. These coins were therefore omitted from Price's catalog, but were all listed in his concordance list on pp. 535-540. Price PO(1) 210 = Prokesh-Osten, "Liste des Alexandres de ma collection qui ne se trouvent pas dans le catalogue de Mr. L. Müller," NZ 1 (1869)