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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Alexander the Great| > SH90196
Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander the Great, 336 - 323 B.C.
|Alexander| |the| |Great|, |Macedonian| |Kingdom,| |Alexander| |the| |Great,| |336| |-| |323| |B.C.|, Lifetime issue! This coin was issued during the lifetime and rule of Alexander the Great. Most Alexander coins were issued after his death.

Myriandrus (or Myriandros) was an ancient Phoenician town and seaport located near the modern city of Iskenderun, Turkey. In 233 B.C., Alexander the Great intended to ambush of Darius III of Persia at Myriandrus but in the end the battle took place near Issus.
SH90196. Silver tetradrachm, Price 3230, Müller Alexander 1298, Newell Myriandros 27, gF, high relief, burnished areas, Phoenicia, Myriandros (near Iskenderun, Turkey) mint, weight 16.073g, maximum diameter 28.3mm, die axis 135o, 325 - 323 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on throne without back, nude to the waist, himation around hips and legs, right leg forward (archaic lifetime style), eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, monogram over club in wreath left, Myriandrus monogram under throne; ex CNG auction 324, part of lot 691; SOLD











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