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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Alexander the Great| > SH65368
Uncertain City, Black Sea Area, c. 250 - 200 B.C., Civic Issue in the Types and Name of Alexander the Great
|Alexander| |the| |Great|, |Uncertain| |City,| |Black| |Sea| |Area,| |c.| |250| |-| |200| |B.C.,| |Civic| |Issue| |in| |the| |Types| |and| |Name| |of| |Alexander| |the| |Great|, After Alexander's death and the collapse and division of his empire, many cities on the Black Sea continued, for about two centuries, to strike tetradrachms in Alexander's name. The identity of the city that struck this type with an OΠ monogram under the throne remains an unsolved mystery.
SH65368. Silver tetradrachm, Price 1169, Müller Alexander -, VF, attractive style, uncertain mint, weight 16.856g, maximum diameter 29.2mm, die axis 0o, c. 250 - 200 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse AΛEΞANΔPOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Zeus seated left, nude to waist, himation around hips and legs, right leg drawn back, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, OΠ monogram below throne; SOLD










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