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Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great as Herakles, Minted in Memphis, ca. 325-319 BC
Silver2.6 cm.
17.17 g.Obverse: Head of Alexander the Great as a young Heracles, looking right wearing a lion skin headdress, dotted border. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ r.: Zeus enthroned, looking left, holding an Eagle on...Obverse: Head of Alexander the Great as a young Heracles, looking right wearing a lion skin headdress, dotted border.
Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ r.: Zeus enthroned, looking left, holding an Eagle on extended right hand, resting left on scepter, feet on footrest, dotted border.Provenance
Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG (Osnabrück, Germany) Sale #193, 2011, lot no. 139;
Numismatica Ars Classica (Zurich, Switzerland), Sale #84, 2015, lot no. 598;European private collection.
