Countermarked tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, Perge
r. 336-323 BCE
Alexander III, the Great
Greek
Obverse: Head of young Heracles, facing right, wearing lionskin headdress
Reverse: Zeus seated on throne l. holding eagle and scepter; to l., monogram K[ (Greek kappa digamma; 26); to r., anchor countermark.
Silver
Hellenistic period, Middle