A silver Tetradrachm in the name of Alexander III...
A silver Tetradrachm in the name of Alexander III 'the Great', Mesambria (ca. 150-125 B.C.E.). Obv.: Head of Herakles facing right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev.: Zeus seated left on throne, holding scepter; In inner left field, helmet above ΔA; monogram below throne. On right and left, Greek inscription AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ BAΣIΛEΩΣ (' of King Alexander').
150-125 B.C.E. 16.71 grams, 33 mm, axis 12. Cf. M.J. Price, The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus (London. 1991), no. 1059.
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A silver Tetradrachm in the name of Alexander III 'the Great', Mesambria (ca. 150-125 B.C.E.). Obv.: Head of Herakles facing right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev.: Zeus seated left on throne, holding scepter; In inner left field, helmet above ΔA; monogram below throne. On right and left, Greek inscription AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ BAΣIΛEΩΣ (' of King Alexander').
150-125 B.C.E. 16.71 grams, 33 mm, axis 12. Cf. M.J. Price, The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus (London. 1991), no. 1059.
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