GS82743. Silver tetradrachm, In the name of Alexander; Price 3713, Müller Alexander 717, SNG Munchen 790, SNG Cop -, SNG Alpha Bank -, VF, well centered and struck with high relief dies, toned, tight flan, light bumps and marks, mild porosity, Mesopotamia, Babylon (Hillah, Iraq) mint, weight 16.528g, maximum diameter 26.7mm, die axis 0
o, under the satrap Peithon, 315 - 311 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left, nude to the waist, himation around hips and legs, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, right leg drawn back, AΛΕΞANΔPOY downward on right, BAΣIΛΕΩΣ in exergue, monogram in wreath left, KΛ under throne;
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