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Coin Type: A broken tetradrachm of Alexander III with a pasty interior. Mint and Date: Temnos mint. Civic issue, struck circa 188-170 BCE Size and Weight: 33mm (might be more if complete), 12.02 grammes (incomplete) Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin headdress. Reverse: AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; sphinxes on throne legs; in left field, E and monogram above oinochoe within vine-tendril. Provenance: Salem Alshdiafat, March 2008. Ref: Price 1678 BW Ref: 012 037 123 |
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Note: This broken coin was donated for my Crystallised Coins page by Salem Alshdiafat of Holyland Numismatics. It is weak and brittle, and the interior is a fine granular material, slightly yellowish. |
The content of this page was last updated on 26 March 2008 |