View source for 3480 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Alexander the Great (MacDonald coll., 95)

{{Overstrike
|Image overstriking coin=Mesembria 838 MacDonald 95.jpg
|Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=Mesembria 838 MacDonald 95 drawing.jpg
|Image overstruck variety=Alexander the great tetradrachm basilews.jpg
|Private collection=MacDonald collection, n° 95
|Obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.
|Reverse legend=BAΣΙΛΕΩ AΛΕΞANΔΡ (sic)
|Reverse legend language=Greek
|Reverse description=Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, KO. 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=16.63
|Axis=12
|Denomination=tetradrachm
|Standard=Attic
|Coin reference=MacDonald 2009, p. 126, n° 95
|Coin series reference=Price 1991, n° 1077; Karayotov 1994, n° 347-350 (O49-R160 monogram combination 47)
|Overstruck obverse description=(visible: small portion of beaded circle, small portion of Herakles' hair).
|Overstruck reverse legend=(AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡ)ΟΥ
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
|Overstruck reverse description=(visible: top of Zeus's head, portion of left arm grasping scepter).
|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
}}