macedon-c-315-294-bc-item
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DenominationTetradrachm
Country / EmpireMacedon
Obverse DesignHead of Heracles wearing a lion-skin headdress
Historical Context
Posthumously issued under Alexander III "the Great" of Macedon. Reference: Price 486. The obverse depiction of Heracles served as a model for Carthage's Series V silver tetradrachms.
