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Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, Babylon

Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, Babylon

r. 336-323 BCE

Alexander III, the Great

Hellenistic or Early Roman

Obv.: Head of youthful Herakles to r. wearing lion skin. Rev.: Zeus seated to l., holding eagle and scepter; to l. in field, MI; under throne, monogram [M with small T inside fused with R] within wreath; to r. ALEXANDROU [BASILEWS off-flan]. Traces of overstrike.

Silver

Hellenistic period, Early

Coins