★ The earliest coinage of Alexander ★

Kings of Macedon. Tarsos mint, "officina A". Alexander III "the Great" 336-323 BC. Struck under Balakros or Menes, circa 333-327 BC
Tetradrachm AR

24mm., 17,05g.

Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left on low-backed throne, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing right with closed wings, pellet above strut.

very fine

Price 2990; Newell, Tarsos, Series I, 1.

The present Tetradrachm is from the first series struck at Tarsos under Alexander III.