View source for 3392 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Alexander the Great (MacDonald coll.)

{{Overstrike
|Image overstriking coin=Mesembria 843.jpg
|Image overstruck variety=Alexander the great tetradrachm.jpg
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1953527&AucID=4610&Lot=4198
|Private collection=David MacDonald collection
|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 (ΑΠO). 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=15.45
|Axis=12
|Denomination=tetradrachm
|Standard=Attic
|Coin series reference=Price 1991, n° 1077 ; Karayotov 1994, (O49-R160)
|Coin series web reference=http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1077
|Overstruck obverse description=(visible: profile of Herakles in the upper left field and border of dots in the lower left field of the reverse of the coin)
|Overstruck reverse description=(visible: ΑΛΕ in upper field right of the obverse).
|Overstruck authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
|Level of confidence=sure
}}