GS76141. Silver drachm, Price 1936, SNG Cop 953, SNG Munchen 547, SNG Saroglos 762, Thompson-Bellinger Magnesia 9, SNG Alpha Bank -, Müller Alexander -, VF, toned, centered, nice style, die wear, reverse die cracks, some light marks, Magnesia ad Maeandrum (near Tekin, Turkey) mint, weight 4.187g, maximum diameter 18.2mm, die axis 45
o, struck under Menander or Kleito, c. 323 - 319 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on throne without back, nude to waist, himation around waist and legs, feet on footstool, right leg drawn back, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, bee with head right on left, spear head pointed upward outer right;
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