Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III

Features

Issuer	Perge (Pamphylia)
Stated authority	Alexander III the Great (336 BC - 323 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	212 BC - 211 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	16.65 g
Diameter	29 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 551300
References	Price# 2922 Martin Jessop Price; 1991. The Coinage in Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus. Société suisse de numismatique = Schweizerische Numismatische Gesellschaft, British Museum (2 volumes). , DCA# 314 Edward E. Cohen; 2011. Dated Coins of Antiquity. Classical Numismatic Group, London, United Kingdom. , SNG Copenhagen# 867-868 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , Müller# 1173 Ludvig Müller; 1855. Numismatique d’Alexandre le Grand; Appendice les monnaies de Philippe II et III = Numismatics of Alexander the Great; Appendix the coins of Philip II and III. Imprimerie de Bianco Luno, Copenhagen, Denmark. , SNG von Aulock# 6661 Gebr. Mann (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany (17 volumes). , Colin Perge# 10 Hans J. Colin; 1996. Die Münzen von Perge in Pamphylien aus hellenistischer Zeit = The coins from Perge in Pamphylia from the Hellenistic period. Kölner Münzkabinett Tyll Kroha, Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Obverse

Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress.

Reverse

Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand; pine cone and I (date) in left field.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
I

Translation:
Alexander (III, the Great)
CY 10

Mint

Perge, Pamphylia, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (212 BC - 211 BC)							$ 330

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Heritage Auctions 2022 September 18 The Historical Scholar Collection, Part I Showcase Auction 61288 Lot 95071	18 Sep 2022	XF (NGC XF 5/5 - 5/5)	USD 460.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Noble Numismatics Auction 137 Lot 3005	26 Nov 2024	VF	USD 535.64 (AUD 750.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 419 Lot 199	25 Apr 2018	VF	USD 340.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	Gemini Auction XI Lot 58	12 Jan 2014	VF	USD 400.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 561 Lot 188	1 May 2024	VF	USD 450.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 29 Lot 391	24 Feb 2024	VF	USD 228.40 (CHF 180.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 29 Lot 390	24 Feb 2024	VF	USD 279.16 (CHF 220.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 29 Lot 392	24 Feb 2024	VF	USD 329.92 (CHF 260.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Künker Auction 333 Lot 501	16 Mar 2020	VF	USD 372.54 (EUR 320.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	CNG Auction 96 Lot 509	14 May 2014	VF	USD 650.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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