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Alexander the Great (336 – 323 BC).
Posthumous Silver Drachm, mint of Abydos, c. 306/5-301 BC.
Obverse: Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress.
Reverse: AΛEΞANΔ[POY] Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter and eagle; below throne, male head right, wearing Phrygian cap.
(Price 1578).
Good Very Fine, struck from a slightly worn obverse die and with a die break on the reverse.
4.25g.
| Period | 336 - 323 BC |
|---|---|
| Date | 306/5-301 BC |
| Coin Group | Ancient Greece |
| Denomination | Drachm |
| Coin Ruler | Alexander III |
| Country | Thrace and Macedonia |
| Coin House | Kings of Macedon |
| Metal | Silver |
| Mint Mark | Abydos |
| References | Price 1578 |
| Weight | 4.25 g |
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