Price 2181

Typological Description

• Object Type: Coin
• Date Range: 210 BCE - 190 BCE
• Denomination: Tetradrachm
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Silver

• Authority

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

• Geographic

  • Mint: Miletus
  • 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): star
  • Symbol (Left Field): lion l. looking back
  • Symbol (Left Field): Price Monogram 769 , consists of Μ and Ψ
  • Symbol (Beneath Throne): Price Monogram 337 , consists of and Ε
  • Symbol (Exergue): Price Monogram 1421 , consists of Λ and Φ
• TypeSeries: Price (1991)