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Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, Sardis

Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, Sardis

r. 336-323 BCE

Alexander III, the Great

Greek

Obv.: Head of young Heracles r. wearing lion skin. Rev.: Zeus seated l. on throne holding eagle and scepter; to l., G [Greek gamma]; below throne, A; to r., amphora; in exergue, ivy-leaf.

Silver

Hellenistic period, Early

Coins