GS82761. Silver tetradrachm, Houghton-Lorber I 82.7, Price 3708, Müller Alexander 713, HGC 9 10f, VF, bold strike with high-relief dies, attractive style, centered on a tight flan, light toning, bumps and marks, Mesopotamia, Babylon (Hillah, Iraq) mint, weight 16.935g, maximum diameter 26.1mm, die axis 45
o, c. 311 - 300 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse Zeus enthroned left, nude to waist, himation around hips and legs, feet on footstool, right leg drawn back, 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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