Tetradrachm - Alexander III Tarsos

Features

Issuer	Kingdom of Macedonia
King	Alexander III the Great (336 BC - 323 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	327 BC - 323 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	17.06 g
Diameter	26 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 580742
References	Price# 3018 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). , Müller# 1282 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 Ashmolean# 2886 Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes). , Newell Tarsos# 27 Edward Theodore Newell; 1919. “Tarsos under Alexander”, American Journal of Numismatics, Volume 52, pages 69-115. , Demanhur# 2232-2264 Edward Theodore Newell; 1923. Alexander hoards: II Demanhur hoard / Volume 19. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. , Weber# 2114 Hermann David Weber, Leonard Forrer. Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Greek coins formed by Sir Hermann Weber M.D. 1823-1918. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes).

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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; to left, plow; pellet below throne and to inner right.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Mint

Tarsus, Cilicia Pedias, modern-day Tarsus, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (327 BC - 323 BC)

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Leu Numismatik Auction 4 Lot 214	25 May 2019	XF	USD 1524.52 (CHF 1200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From the S. Pozzi Collection, ex Spink & Son Zurich FPL 1, January 1979, 3
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