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Obol of Ecbatana under Alexander the Great, Ecbatana

Obol of Ecbatana under Alexander the Great, Ecbatana

r. 336-323 BCE

Alexander III, the Great

Greek

Obverse: Head of young Herakles r. wearing lion skin. Reverse: Zeus seated l. on throne holding eagle and scepter; to l., monogram [sigma with top and bottom lines extended left, rho superimposed] and ear of wheat.

Silver

Hellenistic period, Early

Coins