DANUBE REGION. Balkan Tribes. Imitating Alexander III the Great. Ca. 3rd-2nd centuries BC. AR tetradrachm (25mm, 12h). ANACS VF 25. Celtic issue imitating posthumous issue of Alexander III the Great of Macedon, 'Amphipolis', ca. 320-317 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left on backless throne, left leg drawn back, feet on ground line, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; dolphin downward in left field, Π over pellet below throne. Cf. Price 133 for prototype.

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