ALEXANDER the GREAT SILVER DRACHM COIN
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KINGS of MACEDON
ALEXANDER III
"THE GREAT"
336-323 BC
Silver Drachm. c. 4.2g 18mm.
Magnesia ad Maeandrum mint, struck under Menander or Kleitos, circa 323-319 AD (some auctions list this issue as a lifetime coin struck 325-323 BC).
Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck.
Reverse: Zeus
seated left on backless throne, feet on stool,
eagle in outstretched right hand, grounded scepter in left; bee seen from above in left field, Ram head left below throne; Spear head outer right field; Legend behind: AΛEΞANΔPOY (Of Alexander in Greek).
Ref. Price 1940. ("Price" = M.J. Price. The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great...London. 1991).
NGC Certified & Graded Ch F (Choice Fine). Rare Issue~only four on Pella, none on coinarchives and eleven on acsearch sold at major auctions in the past ten years.
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