Price 2049

Typological Description

• Object Type: Coin
• Date Range: 200 BCE - 196 BCE
• Denomination: Tetradrachm
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Silver

• Authority

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

• Geographic

  • Mint: Magnesia ad Maeandrum
  • Region: Asia--Asia--Ionia

• Obverse

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

• Reverse

  • Legend: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
  • Type: Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand
  • Deity: Zeus
  • Symbol (Left Field): Price Monogram 1097 , consists of Π, Α, and Ι
  • Symbol (Left Field): horse-head l.
  • Symbol (Left Field): Price Monogram 1238 , consists of Π and Ο
  • Symbol (Exergue): maeander
• TypeSeries: Price (1991)