View source for 3443 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Alexander the Great (Elsen, 93, Sept. 2007, 670)

{{Overstrike
|Image overstriking coin=Mesembria 817 Elsen.jpg
|Image overstruck variety=Alexander the great tetradrachm.jpg
|Sale=Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 63, 21 May 2003, lot 171 = Elsen, 93, 15 Sept. 2007, lot 670
|Obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.
|Reverse legend=BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ
|Reverse legend language=Greek
|Reverse description=Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, EYΦA. In left field, Corinthian crested helmet.
|Mint=Mesembria
|Ancient region=Thrace
|Authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
|Date from=150 BCE
|Date to=100 BCE
|Period=hellenistic
|Metal=Silver
|Weight=16.85
|Denomination=tetradrachm
|Standard=Attic
|Coin reference=MacDonald 2009, p. 212, n° 5
|Coin series reference=Price 1991, n° 1035; Karayotov 1994, O37-R101
|Coin series web reference=http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1035
|Overstruck obverse description=(visible: back of a head on left field).
|Overstruck authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
|Overstruck standard=Attic
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
|Level of confidence=weak
|Remarks=overstruck on Alexander? (back of a head on left field of the obverse; double strike on the reverse).
}}