Alexander III - AR Tetradrachm

Coin

Museum of Antiquities - University of Saskatchewan

Obverse

Name/Title

Alexander III - AR Tetradrachm

Entry/Object ID

C2024-G116-734

Collection

Hellenistic Greece

Mintage

Mint

Damascus

Date made

330 BCE - 323 BCE

Time Period

Hellenistic

Place of Origin

City

Damascus

Country

Syria

Manufacture Method

Struck

Coin Details

Obverse

Description

Head of Herakles, wearing lion skin, right. Border of dots.

Reverse

Description

Zeus Aëtophoros, seated left, holding eagle in right hand and sceptre in left; to left in field, forepart of ram; two globules and ΔΑ below throne. Border of dots.

Transcription

ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Translation

Alexander

Issuing Authority

Menes of Pella

Denomination

AR Tetradrachm

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Persia

Culture/Tribe

Greek - Hellenistic

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Width

27 mm

Thickness

6 mm

Weight

17.25 g

Composition

Material

Silver

Research Notes

Research Type

Reference

Notes

Coinage in the name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus Volume 1, Damascus 3204