ALEXANDER the GREAT Tetradrachm 328-320 BC Herakles Ancient Greek Silver Coin

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ALEXANDER the GREAT Silver
Tetradrachm Coin
KINGS of MACEDON
A L E X A N D E R III
THE GREAT
336-323 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm. 16.75g 26mm. (Larger and much thicker and nearly three times heavier than a U.S. Quarter which is 24mm and only 5.7gm).
Lifetime or early posthumous issue of Arados, Phoenicia, ca. 328-320 BC
Obverse: Herakles head right, in lion scalp headdress tied at neck.
Reverse: AΛEΞANΔPOY /
BAΣIΛEΩΣ
(
Of King Alexander
in Greek),
Zeus seated left on throne with a high back--legs uncrossed--left pulled back, holding eagle in outstretched right hand and long vertical sceptre in left; on ground line; Σ in left field; AP monogram under throne.
Ref. Duyrat Group IV, Series 4, 166-271; Price 3332. ("Price"= M.J. Price. The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great...London. 1991).
Choice Very Fine, bold hi-relief obverse.
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