CoinsHellenistic or Early Roman4th century BCE
Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, Babylon
311 BCE-305 BCE
Artists
Alexander III, the GreatCoin Constituent
Description
Obv.: Head of youthful Herakles to r. wearing lion skin. Rev.: Zeus seated to l., holding eagle and scepter; to l. in field, MI; under throne, monogram [M with small T inside fused with R] within wreath; to r. ALEXANDROU [BASILEWS off-flan]. Traces of overstrike.
Dimensions
16.95 g
Provenance
Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd., New York
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