Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III

Features

Issuer	Mesembria (Thrace)
Stated authority	Alexander III the Great (336 BC - 323 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	250 BC - 175 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	16.78 g
Diameter	28 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 583851
References	Price# 1002 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).

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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 the field to left, above knee, crested Corinthian helmet to right; in the exergue, ΔΙ.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔΡOΥ
ΔΙ

Mint

Mesambria, Thrace, modern-day Nesebar, Bulgaria

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (250 BC - 175 BC)								$ 1800

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Nomos AG Auction 38 Lot 235	31 May 2026	XF	USD 2142.68 (CHF 1700.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	Hess Divo Auction 341 Lot 17	13 Dec 2023	XF	USD 1764.56 (CHF 1400.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Hess Divo
	Künker Auction 376 Lot 4428	18 Oct 2022	XF	USD 1152.15 (EUR 1000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 244 Lot 179	6 Mar 2017	XF	USD 691.29 (EUR 600.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 9 Lot 105	3 Nov 2013	VF	USD 230.43 (EUR 200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Naumann GmbH
	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 131 Lot 156	6 Aug 2023	F	USD 374.45 (EUR 325.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Naumann GmbH