ALEXANDER the GREAT SILVER DRACHM COIN
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KINGS of MACEDON
ALEXANDER III
"THE GREAT"
336-323 BC
Silver Drachm. c. 4.3g 16mm. In the names and types of Alexander the Great
Kolophon mint, Struck c. 310-301 BC.
Obverse: Head of HeraKles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck.
Reverse: Zeus
seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, feet on stool,
eagle in outstretched right hand, grounded scepter in left; crescent above TI monogram in left field, Π below strut.; Legend behind: AΛEΞANΔPOY (Of Alexander in Greek).
Ref. SNG Copenhagen 922; Müller 263; Price 1809 ("Price" = M.J. Price. The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great...London. 1991).
NGC Certified & Graded VF (Very Fine).
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