Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III
Features
| Issuer |
Chios
(Ionia)  |
|---|---|
| Stated authority |
Alexander III the Great (336 BC - 323 BC)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 210 BC - 190 BC |
| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
| Currency | Attic drachm |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 17.1 g |
| Diameter | 31 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 566718 |
| References | Price# 2376 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).Robert A. Bauslaugh; 1979. “The Posthumous Alexander Coinage of Chios”, Museum Notes, Volume 24, pages 1-45. |
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; in left field, monogram above sphinx seated right.
Script: Greek
Lettering: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Translation: Alexander (III, the Great)
Mint
Chios, Ionia, modern-day Island of Chios, GreeceMark
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Price Monogram 31 |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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