Price 1275

Typological Description

• Object Type: Coin
• Date Range: 230 BCE - 200 BCE
• Denomination: Tetradrachm
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Silver

• Authority

  • Stated Authority: Alexander III of Macedon
  • • Dynasty: Argead Dynasty
    • State: Kingdom of Macedonia

• Geographic

  • Mint: Sinope
  • Region: Asia--Asia--Paphlagonia

• Obverse

  • Type: Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress
  • Deity: Heracles

• Reverse

  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
  • Type: Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand
  • Deity: Zeus
  • Symbol (Left Field): aplustre
  • Symbol (Left Field): ΣΙ
  • Symbol (Left Field): Price Monogram 830 , consists of Μ, Ε, and Ρ
  • Symbol (Beneath Throne): Price Monogram 269 , consists of Δ, Π, Υ, and Ε
  • Symbol (Exergue): Price Monogram 294 , consists of Δ, Υ, and Ο
• TypeSeries: Price (1991)