ALEXANDER the GREAT. Tyre, Phoenicia mint. Herakles / Zeus. Ancient Silver Coin

  
To see very large hi-resolution image. Tyre, Phoenicia mint, struck c. Minted in Tyre the site of Alexander the Great's Spectacular Siegeone of his most famous Battles. Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress tied under chin.

Reverse: Zeus seated left on throne chair. Good VF, some porosity--mostly in fields--otherwise an Extremely Fine coin; Hi contrast images tend to exaggerate the porosity, Much Nicer in hand! The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great... For the reattribution of the Alexander series of Ake (Price) to Tyre, see A. Lemaire, Le monnayage de Tyr et celui dit d'Akko dans la deuxième moitié du IV siècle avant J.

Le Rider, Alexander the Great: Coinage, Finances, and Policy (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 2007), pp. OUR GUARANTEE: All illustrations are of the actual item offered. The authenticity of all pieces is fully guaranteed. This item is in the category "Coins & Paper Money\Coins: Ancient\Greek (450 BC-100 AD)". The seller is "zeus_gallery" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

1. Denomination: Tetradrachm
2. Composition: Silver
3. Year: 321
4. Grade: VF
5. Date: 322 BC
6. Era: Ancient
7. Historical Period: Greek (450 BC-100 AD)
8. Greek Mint: Tyre, Phoenicia