Macedonia, Alexander III the Great AR Tetradrachm (188-170 BC; 16.07g; 36mm)

 

  

 

Alexander III The Great AR Tetradrachm

Obverse: Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress.

Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne; in the field to left, monogram of ΠΑ and E over an amphora below a grape vine.

Struck posthumously, Temnos, c. 188-170 BC

References: Price 1676

Metal: Silver

Weight: 17.07 g

Diameter: 36 mm

Die Axis: 12h