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Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, Damascus

Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, Damascus

r. 336-323 BCE

Alexander III, the Great

Greek

Obverse: Head of Herakles in lion-skin r.. Rev.: Zeus enthroned l., w/ eagle in r. hand and sceptre in l.; in front, forepart of ram r.; below throne above struts, globule; between struts, globule; below struts, DA

Silver

Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic

Coins