GS82742. Silver tetradrachm, Houghton-Lorber I 82.7, Price 3708, Müller Alexander 713, VF, bold well centered strike with high- relief dies, tight flan, light toning, bumps and marks, Mesopotamia, Babylon (Hillah, Iraq) mint, weight 17.041g, maximum diameter 26.6mm, die axis 270
o, c. 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 the waist, himation around hips and legs, right leg drawn back, feet on footstool, eagle extended in right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, H in left field, monogram in wreath below throne under strut, AΛΕΞANΔPOY downward on right, BAΣIΛΕΩΣ (king) in exergue;
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