We are pleased to present you with catalogue number 2 of Jerusalem Numismatics Auction House.
Text: L.Alexander Wolfe, Itamar Atzmon.
Photography: Daniel Rachamim.
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LOT 28:
A silver Tetradrachm in the name of Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 B.C.E.).
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A silver Tetradrachm in the name of Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 B.C.E.).
Obv.: Head of Herakles facing right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev.: Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. On right, Greek inscription AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ('of Alexander'). On left, E and monogram above, jug below, under arch decorated with vine leaves and grapes.
16.29 grams, 3.35 x 3.5cm. diam; axis 12.00.
This coin is part of an extensive series of posthumous coins struck in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE, an illustration of the wide popularity and reverence of Alexander.
