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- ID: 142
Submitter: Federico Pastrone
Added: 1997-11-26
MACEDONIA
Alexander the Great, 336-323 B.C.
AV-Tetradrachm (Gold).
Av.: Head of Hercules to r., wearing lion-skin heardress..
Rv.: Zeus enthroned to l. with eagle and scepter.
c. 17 g.
BoC: 18/1, 1993, p.29.
FAKE – The style is reminicent of the “Babylon” mint, the tripod, however, does not occur as a symbol on Babylon tetradrchms.