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Alexander III of Macedon AR Tetradrachm, Tyre, Year 34, 316/5 BC, graded F.

Alexander III the Great, King of Macedon
Full academic name of the ruler: Alexander III of Macedon
State: Kingdom of Macedon
Ruler: Alexander III of Macedon (Alexander the Great), reign 336–323 BC.

Metal: silver (AR)
Denomination: tetradrachm
Mint: Tyre
Date of striking: Year 34 of the local era / 316/315 BC
Character of issue: posthumous issue in the name of Alexander III; the date 316/315 BC falls after Alexander’s death in 323 BC.

Weight: not stated in the provided data.
Diameter: not stated in the provided data.
Grade: F (Fine). For grade F, NGC uses an adjectival wear-based designation in which the major design elements remain visible despite substantial wear.

Certification: NGC Ancients, cert. 6557337-015
Label comment: edge chip.

2. Iconography and legends

Obverse: head of Herakles right, wearing the lion-skin headdress. This is the canonical obverse type for silver tetradrachms struck in the name of Alexander III.

Reverse: Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on a throne; he holds an eagle in his right hand and a sceptre in his left; legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. For the dated Tyrian issues of this period, the local regnal dating system is used, and Year 34 corresponds to 316/315 BC.

On the provided images, the coin displays the standard composition of the series: the classical Herakles obverse and the Zeus enthroned reverse of the Alexandrine type.

3. Attribution, denomination, and rarity

Denomination: tetradrachm.
Academic attribution of the type: silver tetradrachm of Alexander III of Macedon, struck at Tyre, dated Year 34 of the local era (= 316/315 BC). The type with the head of Herakles in lion skin on the obverse and Zeus enthroned on the reverse belongs to the standard Alexandrine coinage, systematized in the corpus of Price; for the dated Tyrian issues, this date is supported by modern reference and research literature.

Rarity: in the academic and corpus-based reference sources used for the present description, no specific letter- or number-based rarity qualification (such as R, R2, unique, etc.) is given for this issue. Accordingly, the correct academic wording, within the limits of the verified sources, is: a catalogued dated issue without a specifically assigned corpus rarity rating.

4. Brief historical note on the ruler

Alexander III of Macedon (356–323 BC), better known as Alexander the Great, was King of Macedon from 336 to 323 BC; he overthrew the Achaemenid Empire and created a vast dominion extending from the Balkans and Egypt across Western Asia and further toward India. For this reason, his name and coin types continued to be used after his death, including in the eastern Mediterranean and the Near East.

For the coinage of Tyre, the local dating by the regnal years of King Ozmilk (’Ozmilk / Azemilkos) is particularly important; the scholarly literature correlates Year 34 of that era with 316/315 BC.

5. Condition, patina, and preservation

According to the certification label, the coin is graded F and bears the noted defect edge chip. On the provided photographs, the principal devices of both dies remain legible, although the relief is noticeably worn from circulation and long use.

Patina / surface: the photographs show a silver-grey surface with areas of darker grey and grey-olive toning, consistent with visually apparent surface oxidation and an old тонing film; without instrumental examination outside the holder, it would be methodologically incorrect to make narrower material conclusions.