Electrotype: Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AR Dekadrachm. British Museum electrotype by Robert Ready, stamped RR on rim. Babylon, circa 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned to left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, monogram above M below throne. Head, Guide -; for prototype, cf. Price 3598; Hunt I 102 = EHC 30 = Price, Mnemata, 4; SNG Saroglos 182; Wealth of the Ancient World, 100. 29.04g, 33mm, 6h.
Condition as Seen.
Acquired from Baldwin's of St. James's.