SH85059. Silver tetradrachm, Price 3673, Müller 672, Demanhur 4467,
Choice EF, toned, well centered and struck, fine style, high relief, toned, some bumps and marks, Mesopotamia, Babylon (Hillah, Iraq) mint, weight 17.214g, maximum diameter 26.7mm, die axis 90
o, struck by Stamenes or Archon, c. 323 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, right leg forward (archaic lifetime style), feet on footstool, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, tiny M lower left, ΦIΛΗ monogram below strut, AΛEΞANΔPOY (Alexander) downward behind, BAΣIΛEΩΣ below; ex Gorny & Mosch auction 244, lot 176;
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