CoinsGreek4th-3rd century BCE
Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, Amphipolis
315 BCE-294 BCE
Artists
Alexander III, the GreatCoin Constituent
Description
Obverse: Head of young Herakles r. wearing lion skin. Reverse: BASILEWS ALEXANDROU; Zeus seated l. on throne holding eagle and scepter; to l., L (Greek lambda), T (Greek tau) and torch; below throne, E (Greek epsilon).
Dimensions
17.6 g
Provenance
Chapman, 22 September 1911, 19
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