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A holed silver tetradrachm of Alexander III The Great showing Zeus and the head of Herakles Coin Type: Holed silver tetradrachm of Alexander III, 336-323 BCE.
Mint and Date: Miletos mint, posthumous civic issue, struck 290-270 BCE.
Size and Weight: 30mm x 31mm, 16.53 grammes.
Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin headdress.
Reverse: AΛEΞANΔPOY
Zeus seated left, legs crossed, holding eagle in right hand in front and sceptre behind. M in left field.
Provenance: luckyjim8 (9811) (eBay), August 2009.
Ref: Price 2150.
BW Ref: 015 042 143
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