Tetradrachm - Alexander III Tarsos

Features

Issuer Kingdom of Macedonia
King Alexander III the Great (336 BC - 323 BC)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 327 BC - 323 BC
Value Tetradrachm (4)
Currency Drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 17.17 g
Diameter 26.0 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
185508
References Price# 3026
Martin Jessop Price; 1991. The Coinage in Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus / Volume 1. Introduction and Catalogue : A British Museum Catalogue. British Museum - Swiss Numismatic Society, London, United Kingdom - Zürich, Switzerland.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress

Reverse

Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Zeus seated left on backless throne, holding eagle in his right hand and lotos tipped scepter in his left. To left, plow, below throne, bunch of grapes and above strut, pellet

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
ND (327 BC - 323 BC) 

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