Specimen record
mac-003
Mac-003 Kingdom of Macedonia, Philip III Arrhidaeus (323-317 BC), in the name of Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). Silver drachm (4.31 gm, 17.60 mm), Colophon, circa 323-319 BC. Price 1750.
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mac-003
House record
This specimen
- Inventory no.
- mac-003
- Weight
- 4.31 gm
- Diameter
- 17.60 mm
Type (catalogue)
- Dynasty
- Kingdom of Macedonia
- Reign
- 323–317 BC
- Metal
- Silver
- Denomination
- Drachm
- Type
- Struck in the name of Alexander III the Great
- Mint
- Colophon
- References
- Price 1750
Obverse
Head of Heracles to right, wearing a lion skin headdress.
Reverse
Zeus seated to left on a backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding an eagle in his outstretched right hand and a scepter in his left hand; to left, a horizontal grain kernel; to right, ‘ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ’ (‘of Alexander’ in Greek); in outer right field, a spearhead upward.
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