ALEXANDER the Great Rare Lifetime Issue! Phoenicia Tyre mint. Herakles Zeus coin
In drop-down menu to see large hi-res. ALEXANDER the GREAT LIFETIME ISSUE Silver Tetrarachm Coin. The vast majority of Alexander tetradrachms were NOT struck during his lifetime! They continued to be struck for over 200 years after his death.
A very small percentage were actually struck during his short lifespan and only from 336 to 323 BC--a mere 13 years! Minted in Tyrethe site of Alexander the Great's Spectacular Siegeone of his most famous Battles. Tyre, Phoenicia mint, Lifetime issue, dated RY (Regnal Year) 22 of Azemilkos (328/327 BC), King of Tyre and with the Persian fleet during its siege by Alexander the Great in 332 BCsubsequently, Alexander spared Azemilkos life.
Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin. DCA 736; Price 3254 (Ake). 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. VF overall, obverse with some roughness, reverse especially attractivenicer in hand.
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- Denomination: Tetradrachm
- Composition: Silver
- Year: 328 BC
- Grade: VF
- Date: 327 BC
- Era: Ancient
- Historical Period: Greek (450 BC-100 AD)
- Ancient Type: Greek
- Coin Type: Ancient
- Culture: Greek
- Material: Silver
- Type: Ancient