Ancient Greek coin – HCR23155

Obverse

Design:

Head of Heracles, beardless, wearing lion skin, right

Reverse

Inscription:

ΑΛΕΞΑΝ-ΔΡΟΥ (above); monogram (right)

Design:

Eagle standing, head reverted, on thunderbolt, right

Information

Period

Greek

Dynasty

Argead

Reign

Alexander III of Macedon

Person

Alexander III of Macedon, 336 BCE–323 BCE (ruler/authority)

Mint

uncertain Macedonian mint (Greek)

Denomination

Drachm

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

336 BC–c. 323 BC (according to Price)

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

4.22

Axis

Diameter (mm)

17.5

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

30/4/1958

Source

Sotheby 30/4/1958, 95

Acquisition credit

Purchased, 1958.

Acquisition note

currency £GBP

mint attribution: uncertain

Weight standard

Attic

Reference

SNG Ashmolean III : 2517

Note:

http://www.sylloge-nummorum-graecorum.org/ ID: SNGuk_0503_2517

Reference

Price : 153

Reference

PELLA : http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.153

Contributors to this coin record

SGlenn, mmaliczowski, cgallacher, CGVolunteer1, gthompson