Phoenicia Antakya, Silver Tetradrachm Alexander The Great III 336-323 BC, 16.5 grams

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Item number: G085

Obv. Alexander The Great III wearing lion skin right 

Rev. Zeus enthroned holding an eagle with right stretched hand and scepter in left hand, Greek Inscriptions 

Historical Greek coin struck on good flan of silver, toning and smoothing 

Like this type of Tetradrachms considered lifetime minted in Antakya/Isos Erzin Turkey, or either in the city Myriandrus in Cilicia, Myriandrus was an ancient Phoenician Port on the Mediterranean Sea's Gulf of Alexandretta. It's ruins are located near the modern-city of Iskenderun belongs to Syria before occupied by Turkey during the first World War 1914-1918 

Weight: 16.5 grams 

Size: 24.5 mm 

Obv. Diademed head of Philip Philadelphos right 

Rev. Zeus Nikephoros seated left holding nike and scepter, Monogram, Greek Inscriptions 

Syria/Antioch Mint 

Weight: 14.0 grams 

Size: 25.55 mm

Obv. Alexander The Great III wearing lion skin right 

Rev. Zeus enthroned holding an eagle with right stretched hand and long scepter in left hand 

Historical Greek coin struck on good flan of silver, toning and smoothing 

Like this type of Tetradrachms considered life time minted in Antakya/Isos Erzin Turkey, or either in the city Myriandrus in Cilicia, Myriandrus was an ancient Phoenician Port on the Mediterranean Sea's Gulf of Alexandretta. It's ruins are located near the modern-city of Iskenderun belongs to Syria before occupied by Turkey after the first World War 1914-1918 

Weight: 17.1 grams 

Size: 24.40 mm