Distater In the name of Alexander III; Arados

Features

Issuer	Kingdom of Macedonia
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	324 BC - 320 BC
Value	Distater (40)
Currency	Drachma poddasza
Composition	Złoto
Weight	17.06 g
Diameter	22 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 472018
References	Price# 3331A Martin Jessop Price; 1991. The Coinage in Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus. Société suisse de numismatique = Schweizerische Numismatische Gesellschaft, British Museum (2 volumes). , HGC 10# 57 Oliver D. Hoover; 2010. Handbook of Coins of the Southern Levant / Volume 10: Phoenicia, Southern Koile Syria (Including Judaea), and Arabia. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. , Duyrat# 538 Frédérique Duyrat; 2005. Arados Hellénistique: Étude historique et monétaire / Volume 173 = Hellenistic Arados: historical and monetary study. Institut français du Proche-Orient, Beirut, Lebanon.

Obverse

(en) Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with a griffin springing right.

Reverse

(en) Nike standing front, head to left, with her wings spread, holding laurel wreath in her right hand and stylis in her left; in field to outer left, kerykeion; to lower left, monogram of AP.

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Mint

Aradus, modern-day Arwad, Syria

Mark

Price Monogram 118

Comments

(en)

Struck under Laomedon of Mytilene.

Only two specimens known.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (324 BC - 320 BC)

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