Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (3.89g, 16.5mm). Magnesia and Maeandrum mint. Byzantion countermark. Circa 310-301 BC. Price 1955
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Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (3.89g, 16.5mm). Magnesia and Maeandrum mint. Byzantion countermark. Struck under Antigonos Monopthalmos. Circa 310-301 BC. Obv.: head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress; countermark, prow right, ‘ΠΥ above. Rev.: Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ(ΟΥ) to right, torch with fillets in left field; AT monogram below throne. Price 1955; for c/m M. Thompson, “A Countermarked Hoard from Büyükçekmece” in MN VI (1954). A bot porous, VF (c/m)
