GS82740. Silver tetradrachm, Houghton-Lorber I 82.5b, Price 3747, Müller Alexander 734, Choice VF, well centered and struck on with fine style high-relief dies, Mesopotamia, Babylon (Hillah, Iraq) mint, weight 16.918g, maximum diameter 27.1mm, die axis 90
o, posthumous, 311 - 300 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, clad in Nemean Lion scalp headdress, forelegs tied at neck; reverse Zeus seated left on high back throne, nude to waist, himation around hips and legs, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, right leg drawn back, feet on footstool, monogram in wreath left, MI under throne, AΛΕΞANΔPOY downward on right, BAΣIΛΕΩΣ (king) in exergue;
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