MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AR tetradrachm (26mm, 16.80 gm, 10h). About XF, brushed. Early posthumous issue of Tyre, dated Regnal Year 29 of Azemilkos (321/0 BC). Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, feet on stool, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; ЧO (Phoenician for Azemilkos) above ||| ||| ||| // (date) in left field. Price 3274 (Ake). Carefully engraved sculptural dies, with particular attention to detail paid on the musculature of Zeus.

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