Tetradrachm - Alexander III Tarsos

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	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	17.16 g
Diameter	27 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 525482
References	Price# 3019 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# 1284 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# 2891 Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes). , Newell Tarsos# 29 Edward Theodore Newell; 1919. “Tarsos under Alexander”, American Journal of Numismatics, Volume 52, pages 69-115. , SNG Munich 10# 697 Katerini Liampi; 2001. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Staatliche Münzsammlung München / Heft 10-11. Makedonien Könige. Hirmer, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. , Pozzi# 914 Naville & Cie (publisher); 1920. Monnaies grecques antiques: Provenant de la collection de feu le prof. S. Pozzi = Ancient Greek coins. Naville & Cie, Luzern, Switzerland.

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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 plough right and below throne Θ.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Translation: Alexander (III, the Great)

Mint

Tarsus, Cilicia Pedias, modern-day Tarsus, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (327 BC - 323 BC)							$ 360	$ 1500

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 158 Lot 35	5 Nov 2025	XF	USD 1900.87 (CHF 1500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Hirsch sale 183, 1994, 202
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Heritage Auctions Wednesday & Thursday World & Ancient Coins Select Auction 232322 Lot 61010	31 May 2023	XF (NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5)	USD 700.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Heritage Auctions
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Künker Auction 376 Lot 4480	18 Oct 2022	XF	USD 1510.09 (EUR 1300.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 66 Lot 33	17 Oct 2012	XF	USD 1774.14 (CHF 1400.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Sotheby’s sale 21-22 June 1990, Hunt part II, 376
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 42 Lot 112	6 Jan 2018	XF	USD 537.18 (GBP 400.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Numismatik Lanz Auction 163 Lot 49	7 Dec 2016	XF	USD 2090.90 (EUR 1800.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Lanz Auctions
	Numismatik Lanz Auction 161 Lot 77	7 Dec 2015	XF	USD 3252.51 (EUR 2800.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Lanz Auctions
	Numismatik Lanz Auction 154 Lot 107	11 Jun 2012	XF	USD 3717.15 (EUR 3200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Lanz Auctions
	Numismatik Lanz Auction 160 Lot 84	15 Jun 2015	XF	USD 638.89 (EUR 550.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Lanz Auctions
	Ira & Larry Goldberg Auction 80 Lot 3271	3 Jun 2014	XF	USD 850.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Ira & Larry Goldberg Auctioneers