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Posthumous Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great from Amphipolis

Posthumous Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great from Amphipolis

r. 336-323 BCE

Alexander III, the Great

Greek

Obverse: Head of young Heracles r. wearing lion skin. Reverse: Zeus seated l. on throne holding eagle and scepter; to l., L [Greek lambda], torch; below throne, Pegasus-forepart r.

Silver

Hellenistic period, Early

Coins