Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander the Great, AR Drachm, Heracles & Artemis

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Kingdom of Macedon
• Authority: Alexander the Great, posthumous issue
• Date: 310 - 301 BCE
• Denomination: AR (silver) drachm
• Mint: Lampsacus, Mysia
• Size: 17mm, 3.76g
• Type Number: Price 1387
• Obverse: Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress
• Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ - Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand Pegasus forepart l. in left field. Artemis l. with torch beneath the throne.
• Notes: Heracles was a divine hero in Greek mythology and the son of the god Zeus, later known as "Hercules" in Roman mythology. Artemis is the Greek goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, transitions, nature, vegetation, childbirth, care of children, and chastity.

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