A silver Tetradrachm in the name of Alexander III...
A silver Tetradrachm in the name of Alexander III 'the Great', Temnos (ca. 188-170 B.C.E.). Obv.: Head of Herakles facing right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev.: Zeus seated left on throne, holding sceptre. monogram and E above oinochoe within vine tendril in left field. On right, Greek inscription AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (' Alexander').
188-170 B.C.E. 16.77 grams, 33 mm, axis 12. Cf. M.J. Price, The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus (London. 1991), no. 1676.
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A silver Tetradrachm in the name of Alexander III 'the Great', Temnos (ca. 188-170 B.C.E.). Obv.: Head of Herakles facing right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev.: Zeus seated left on throne, holding sceptre. monogram and E above oinochoe within vine tendril in left field. On right, Greek inscription AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (' Alexander').
188-170 B.C.E. 16.77 grams, 33 mm, axis 12. Cf. M.J. Price, The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus (London. 1991), no. 1676.