Alexandreia (BC 164-27) AE 21

ca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE21 (7.93g). Head of Alexander the Great (as Herakles) right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Zeus standing left, holding wreath and sceptre; two monograms to left. EF, glossy brown patina with a few small spots of encrustation.

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City/Mint name:	Alexandreia ad Issos
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Keywords:	bronze / hellenistic
References:	SNG Levante 1834 = Levante "Coinage of Alexandreia Kat'isson," NumChron 1971, 13 (A5/P9 - this coin); SNG France 2406 (same obv die); SNG von Aulock 5464 (same obv die)
Valuation:	CNG Auc. 66 (5/2004), lot 528 ($190 + comm)
Photo courtesy of:	Classical Numismatic Group - www.cngcoins.com
Filesize:	43 KiB
Date added:	Jan 01, 2007
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