Ancient Greek Silver Drachm of Alexander the Great

A very fine Macedonian silver drachm depicting the profile head of Herakles, facing right and wearing his characteristic lion-skin headdress. The reverse displays the Greek god Zeus enthroned on the left, holding an eagle in his right hand and a sceptre in his left. The Greek inscription ΑΛΕΞΑΝ∆ΡΟΥ is written vertically to the right of the figure of Zeus in the genitive case, which translates as, ALEXANDROY meaning ‘[the coinage] of Alexander’.

Diameter 1. 7 cm
Weight: 4. 08 g

Provenance: Ex Cambridgeshire private collection, acquired 1970s.