Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III

Features

Issuer	Temnos (Aeolis)
Stated authority	Alexander III the Great (336 BC - 323 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	188 BC - 170 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	16.22 g
Diameter	35 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 399122
References	Price# 1676 Martin Jessop Price; 1991. The Coinage in Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus. Société suisse de numismatique = Schweizerische Numismatische Gesellschaft, British Museum (2 volumes). , Müller# 956 Ludvig Müller; 1855. Numismatique d’Alexandre le Grand; Appendice les monnaies de Philippe II et III = Numismatics of Alexander the Great; Appendix the coins of Philip II and III. Imprimerie de Bianco Luno, Copenhagen, Denmark. , SNG Ashmolean# 2721 Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes). , SNG Copenhagen# 742 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , Bement# 758 William S. Kundig (ed.); 1924. Collection Clarence S. Bement / Monnaies grecques antiques en or et en argent. Naville & Cie, Geneva, Switzerland (2 volumes).

Obverse

Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress.

Reverse

Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand; in left field monogram, E and oenochoe right beneath vine tendril.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Translation: Alexander (III, the Great)

Mint

Temnus, Aeolis, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (188 BC - 170 BC)							$ 490	$ 1500

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