Alexander III — Drachm, Zeus Seated, Miletos

Struck at Miletos around 325 to 323 BC, so either in Alexander's lifetime or within months of his death at Babylon.

Herakles wears the lion skin on the obverse, a type the Macedonian kings had used before him. How much of Alexander's own face is in it has been argued over for a long time and is not settled. The reverse reads AΛEΞANΔPOY, "of Alexander," with Zeus enthroned left holding an eagle and a sceptre. The monogram in the left field is what ties the coin to Miletos in Price's arrangement.

Attribution: Price 2090

Mint: Miletos

Weight: 3.86 g

Diameter: 17.8 mm

Catalogued in the NumisLens cabinet — NL-7J2HE-2FN0F

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Attributions are my own, made from the references listed. Ancient coins are not always

straightforward, and a reference can turn out to be wrong or open to argument, so please

study the photographs. They are part of the description, and if you read the coin

differently I would like to know.