View source for 3459 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Alexander the Great (Gorny & Mosch, 191, Oct. 2010, 1300)

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|Image overstriking coin=SO 837 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great).jpg
|Image overstruck variety=Alexander the great tetradrachm basilews.jpg
|Sale=Gorny & Mosch 191 (11/10/2010), lot 1300.
|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, monogram (ΑΠ). In left field, Corinthian crested helmet and MA.
|Mint=Mesembria
|Ancient region=Thrace
|Authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
|Date from=130 BCE
|Date to=90 BCE
|Period=hellenistic
|Metal=Silver
|Weight=16.81
|Denomination=tetradrachm
|Standard=Attic
|Coin series reference=Price 1991, n° 1080 ; Karayotov 1994, (O49-R155)
|Coin series web reference=http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1080
|Overstruck reverse legend=(B)AΣIΛΕΩ(Σ AΛΕ(ΞΑ)ΝΔΡΟΥ ?
|Overstruck authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
|Overstruck standard=Attic
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
|Level of confidence=strong
|Remarks=overstruck on undetermined type [letters ΑΣΙΛΕΩ and monogram ΧΑ in the right field of the obverse]).
}}