ALEXANDER III THE GREAT AR TETRADRACHM
Price 3325, Very Fine+, 27.8mm, 17.13 grams, Aradus Mint, Struck Circa. 328 -320 B.C.E., Lifetime to early posthumous
Obverse: Head of Alexander as Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress
Reverse: Zeus seated to left on throne, holding eagle in his extended right hand and scepter in his left, Z in left field, AP monogram below throne, BAΣIΛEΩΣ in exerque, AΛEΞANΔPOY to right
Fantastic coin with excellent centering featuring full portraiture and legends! Exceptional rendition of Zeus on the reverse. Arados is the city of ARVAD mentioned in the Bible.
