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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Alexander the Great| > GS84942
Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander the Great, 336 - 323 B.C., Lifetime Issue
|Alexander| |the| |Great|, |Macedonian| |Kingdom,| |Alexander| |the| |Great,| |336| |-| |323| |B.C.,| |Lifetime| |Issue|, References identify this type as a lifetime issue. The royal title BAΣIΛEΩΣ has, however, been identified as usually indicating a posthumous issue and perhaps referring to Alexander's infant son, King Alexander IV. The counterclockwise arrangement of Alexander's title and name on this type is extraordinary and likely very early. The usual arrangement became standardized with Alexanders name straight downward on the right. This type might be the earliest use of the title on the coinage and is likely a lifetime issue.
GS84942. Silver tetradrachm, Price 3228, Newell Myriandros 25, SNG Munchen 720, SNG Alpha Bank 667, Demanhur 2796, Müller Alexander -, SNG Cop -, F, high relief, bumps and scratches, porous areas, Myriandros (near Iskenderun, Turkey) mint, weight 16.665g, maximum diameter 25.6mm, die axis 45o, c. 324 - 323 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY (counterclockwise from the lower left), Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left, throne without back, right leg forward (archaic lifetime style), eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, BAI monogram left, MI monogram under throne; SOLD




  







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