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 | 17.06 g |
| Diameter | 30 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 583475 |
| References | Price# 1284A 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). William M. Stancomb; 2000. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Great Britain / Volume 11. The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea region. Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom. 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, two monograms; in exergue, club.
Script: Greek
Lettering: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Mint
Heraclea Pontica, Bithynia, modern-day Marmara Ereglisi, TurkeyMark
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Price Monogram 362 |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (205 BC - 200 BC) | |
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$ 1200 | ||||||||||||
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Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price | |
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Multiple sales of the same specimen:
Numismatica Ars ClassicaAutumn Sale 2025 Lot 2341 
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9 Nov 2025 | VF |
USD 1004.74
(CHF 800.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Roma Numismatics Auction XIX Lot 175
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26 Mar 2020 | VF |
USD 1467.73
(GBP 1100.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Ex G. Hirsch 156, 1987, 105; G. Hirsch 161, 1989, 166; Spink & Sons Numismatic Circular XCVII.5, 5 June 1989, 3026; from the William Stancomb collection = Stancomb 839 |
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