GS84937. Silver tetradrachm, Houghton-Lorber I 82, Price 3751 ff., HGC 9 10f (C), VF, attractive style, high relief, tight flan, some porosity, Mesopotamia, Babylon I (Hillah, Iraq) mint, weight 16.846g, maximum diameter 24.0mm, die axis 90
o, posthumous, 311 - 300 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, right leg drawn back, MI left (possibly with an obscure control symbol below), monogram within wreath under throne;
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