Kingdom of Macedon, King Alexander the Great, AR Tetradrachm, Heracles & Zeus

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Kingdom of Macedon
• Authority: King Alexander the Great, posthumous issue
• Date: 212 - 182 BCE
• Denomination: AR (silver) tetradrachm
• Mint: Aspendus, Pamphylia
• Size: 31.5mm, 15.71g
• Type Number: Price 2911
• Obverse: Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress
• Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ - Zeus seated left on stool-throne, eagle in right hand, sceptre in left; ΑΣ and ΚΗ in left field, sling beneath throne
• Notes: Heracles was a divine hero in Greek mythology and the son of the god Zeus, later known as "Hercules" in Roman mythology. Zeus was the Greek god of the sky and thunder, equivalent to the Roman god Jupiter. He was also the king of gods in both Roman and Greek mythology.

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