Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III

Features

Issuer	Herakleia Pontika (Bithynia)
Stated authority	Alexander III the Great (336 BC - 323 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	205 BC - 200 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	16.7 g
Diameter	31 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 583457
References	Price# 1284 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). , HGC 7# 481 Oliver D. Hoover; 2012. Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Anatolia / Volume 7: Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, Lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian Bosporos): Fifth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom.

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 above A; in exergue, club.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Mint

Heraclea Pontica, Bithynia, modern-day Marmara Ereglisi, Turkey

Mark

Price Monogram 438

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (205 BC - 200 BC)							$ 300	$ 580

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Harlan J. Berk Buy or Bid Sale 230 Lot 244	28 Jan 2025	XF	Unsold
© Harlan J. Berk, LTD
	Harlan J. Berk Buy or Bid Sale 227 Lot 278	14 May 2024	XF	Unsold
© Harlan J. Berk, LTD
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: CNG Electronic Auction 334 Lot 39	3 Sep 2014	XF (flan crack)	USD 380.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Auction 96 Lot 376	14 May 2014	XF (flan crack)	USD 450.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 9 Lot 114	3 Nov 2013	XF	USD 979.59 (EUR 850.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Naumann GmbH
	Numismatik Lanz Auction 157 Lot 132	9 Dec 2013	XF	USD 576.23 (EUR 500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Lanz Auctions
	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 10 Lot 100	1 Dec 2013	XF	USD 1843.93 (EUR 1600.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Naumann GmbH
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Künker Auction 333 Lot 64	16 Mar 2020	VF	USD 299.64 (EUR 260.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 12 Lot 118	2 Feb 2014	VF	USD 276.59 (EUR 240.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Naumann GmbH
	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 4 Lot 159	28 Dec 2013	VF	USD 320.23 (GBP 240.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited