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Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, Side

Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, Side

r. 336-323 BCE

Alexander III, the Great

Greek

Obverse: Head of young Herakles r. wearing lion skin. Reverse: BASILEWS ALEXANDROU; Zeus seated l. on throne holding eagle and scepter; to l., F I [Greek phi iota]; below throne, B S [Greek beta sigma]; to l., graffito (S [Greek sigma] or M [Greek mu]).

Silver

Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic

Coins