NGC Certified ALEXANDER the GREAT SILVER DRACHM COIN
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KINGS of MACEDON
ALEXANDER III
"THE GREAT"
336-323 BC
Silver Drachm 17mm c. 4.20g. Kolophon mint. Struck 310-301 BC.
Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.
Reverse: Zeus seated left on backless throne, naked to the waist, right leg drawn back, feet on foot stool, eagle in extended right hand, scepter in left; KA monogram in left field, Crescent moon below throne; Legend behind: AΛEΞANΔPOY (Of Alexander in Greek).
Ref. Mueller 275; Prokesch-Osten 74; Price 1825 ("Price" = M.J. Price. The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great...London. 1991).
NGC Certified and Graded VF (Very Fine); nicer in hand--difficult to photograph in glare-prone plastic holder.
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