Tetradrachm / 2 Shekels - Alexander III Babylon

Features

Issuer	Kingdom of Macedonia
King	Alexander III the Great (336 BC - 323 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	327 BC - 323 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	15.41 g
Diameter	24 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 442798
References	HGC 3.1# 923 Oliver D. Hoover; 2016. Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors / Volume 3, Part 1. Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros: Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. , Zhuyuetang# 102 Andrew R. Meadows, Richard W. C. Kan; 2004. History re-stored: Ancient Greek Coins from the Zhuyuetang Collection. Zhuyuetang, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

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Obverse

Indian archer standing to right, drawing a large bow, AB monogram behind.

Reverse

Indian elephant to right, Ξ below.

Script: Greek

Lettering: Ξ

Mint

Babylon, Babylonia, Iraq

Comments

Price pp. 452–453
F. Holt, Alexander the Great and the Mystery of the Elephant Medallions (Berkeley, 2003), Appendix A
M.J. Price, “Circulation at Babylon in 323 B.C.” in Mnemata: Papers in Memory of Nancy M. Waggoner (New York, 1991)
M. Price, ‘The ‘Porus’ Coinage of Alexander the Great: a symbol of concord and community’, in Studia Paulo Naster Oblata, vol. I: Numismatica Antiqua (1982), p. 78
N. Dürr, ‘Neues aus Babylonien’, SM 94 (1974), 36
Mitchiner Type 22.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (327 BC - 323 BC)						$ 9100	$ 55 000

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 158 Lot 33	5 Nov 2025	VF	USD 55 655.83 (CHF 44 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 114 Lot 123	6 May 2019	VF	USD 88 543.37 (CHF 70 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	The New York Sale Auction 27 Lot 305	4 Jan 2012	VF	USD 55 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© The New York Sale
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: CNG Triton XXVII Lot 146	9 Jan 2024	F	USD 7500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Gemini Auction II Lot 146	11 Jan 2006	F	USD 9900.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Gemini Numismatic Auctions LLC
	CNG Triton XXIV Lot 468	19 Jan 2021	F	USD 16 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.