Macedonia, Alexander III The Great. Tetradrachm; Macedonia, Alexander III The Great; 336-323 BC. Lampsacus, c. 328-323 BC, Tetradrachm, 17.03g. Price-1355. Obv: Head of young Herakles r. wearing skin of lion's head with mane. Rx: A?E?AN?POY in slightly curving line downwards on r., Zeus seated l. with parallel legs, holding eagle and scepter, Demeter holding two torches in l. field, ?IO monogram under throne. From the same obverse die as one of the BM specimens illustrated by Price, pl. LI, 1355c.
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