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cn type 10250

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Mesembria 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

125-65 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of bearded Heracles, right, wearing lion skin.
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Reverse
Legend
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Design
Zeus (Aëtophoros) enthroned left, holding eagle and sceptre.
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Symbol
ΔΙΟ (position: on the left) ΜΕΣΑΜ (position: in exergue)
Persons

stated authority: Alexander der Große 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
31 mm (1x)
Average Weight
15.87 g (2x)
Citation

Price, The coinage in the name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus, 1991 nr. 1128  ❐

editions

cn.mesembria.1_ed.162  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 10250, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/10250 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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