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tetradrachm

Coin: CC.628 Contains digital media

Details

Denomination: tetradrachm

Date(s): 275-270 BCE

Issuer/creator: Alexander III (posthumous issue)

Place: Pella, Macedonia

Material: silver

Classmark: CC.628

Site Location(s): Place name - Pella, Macedonia ( 40.76, 22.5256 )

Original reference: CC/WC/GRE/1

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/632524

Description

Obverse

Head of Herakles facing right, wearing lion's skin headdress

Reverse

Zeus seated facing left, holding eagle and sceptre; before, crested helmet; below throne, sideways Omega-K monogram; right field, vertical legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Physical characteristics

Material: silver

Coin diameter : 27mm

Coin weight: 16.96 grams

Coin die axis : 180 degrees

Provenance

Winchester Cabinet

References

Price 621

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