ALEXANDER the GREAT SILVER DRACHM CERTIFIED COIN
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KINGS of MACEDON
ALEXANDER III
THE GREAT
336-323 BC
In less than five years Alexander had defeated
the mighty Persians. Alexander marched his troops victoriously into Babylon, with its gardens and walls, which according to legend were 300 foot high and wide enough to accommodate two chariots riding abreast, where Alexander died (assassinated--presumably poisoned) in 323 BC.
Silver Drachm. c. 4.2g 16mm.
Sardes mint. Struck 323-319 BC.
Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.
Reverse: Zeus enthroned left, naked to waist, , eagle in outstretched right hand, grounded scepter in left; lit torch in left field; A below throne; AΛEΞANΔPOY (Of Alexander in Greek) down right field with the last two lettters in the exergue--very rare variant.
Ref. Müller 31; ADM I, Series XV, pg. 30 note; Price 2637 ("Price" = M.J. Price. The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great...London. 1991).
NGC Certified and Graded Very Fine. Very attractive hi-relief obverse; conservatively graded--truly a Choice VF, perhaps better, coin.
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