Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III

Features

Issuer	Mesembria (Thrace)
Wymieniona władza	Aleksander Macedoński (336 BC - 323 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	150 BC - 125 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Drachma poddasza
Composition	Srebro
Weight	16.7 g
Diameter	31 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 580686
References	Price# 1059 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). , Müller# 480 Ludvig Müller; 1855. Numismatique d’Alexandre le Grand; Appendice les monnaies de Philippe II et III = Numismatics of Alexander the Great; Appendix the coins of Philip II and III. Imprimerie de Bianco Luno, Copenhagen, Denmark. , Topalov Messambria# 18 Stavri Topalov; 1995. Месамбрия Понтика. Приноси към проучване монетосеченето на града V–I в. пр. н. е. = Messambria Pontica. Contribution to the Study of the Coin Minting of the City, 5th-1st c. BC. Nasko-1701, Sofia, Bulgaria. , Karayotov I# 553-559 Ivan Karayotov; 1995. The Coinage of Mesambria / Volume I: Silver and Gold Coins of Mesambria. Centre of Underwater Archaeology, Sozopol, Bulgaria. , Pozzi# 928 Naville & Cie (publisher); 1920. Monnaies grecques antiques: Provenant de la collection de feu le prof. S. Pozzi = Ancient Greek coins. Naville & Cie, Luzern, Switzerland. , HGC 3.2# 1568 Oliver D. Hoover; 2017. Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors / Volume 3, Part 2. Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike: Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. , CN type# 10181 Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/) , SNG Ashmolean# 2674 Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes).

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Obverse

Głowa brodatego Heraklesa po prawej w nakryciu głowy ze skóry lwa. Automatically translated

Reverse

(en) Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand; in left field, crested Corinthian helmet right above ΔA; monogram below throne.

Script: grecki

Lettering:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
ΔΑ

Mint

Mesambria, Thrace, modern-day Nesebar, Bulgaria

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (150 BC - 125 BC)							$ 420	$ 610

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	CNG Auction 106 Lot 74	13 Sep 2017	XF	USD 700.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 342 Lot 90	14 Jan 2015	XF	USD 550.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 342 Lot 89	14 Jan 2015	XF	USD 725.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	Heritage Auctions 2012 September 6-11 Signature World & Ancient Coin Auction - Long Beach 3020 Lot 24899	6 Sep 2012	XF	USD 575.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Heritage Auctions
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 59 Lot 1605	4 Apr 2011	XF	USD 634.31 (CHF 500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	CNG Triton XIV Lot 48	4 Jan 2011	XF	USD 550.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Jean Elsen & ses Fils Auction 89 Lot 743	9 Sep 2006	XF	USD 441.96 (EUR 380.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Jean Elsen & ses Fils s.a.
	Leipziger Münzhandlung Auction 107 Lot 753	20 May 2025	VF	USD 418.70 (EUR 360.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leipziger Münzhandlung und Auktion Manfred Höhn
	Künker eLive Auction 71 Lot 23	9 May 2022	VF	USD 360.55 (EUR 310.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 17 Lot 348	14 Aug 2021	VF	USD 482.08 (CHF 380.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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