Alexander the Great's Tetradrachm: The Ancient Dollar
- Andy McIlvain
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Video from Classical Numismatics
Alexander the Great's Tetradrachm: The Ancient Dollar
Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great
Seleucid
ca. 325–319 BCE
"Numismatists – the scholars who study coins – refer to the ‘front’ side of the coin, which usually features the head of a person or god, as the ‘obverse,’ and the ‘back’ side as the ‘reverse.’
On the obverse of this silver tetradrachm coin, a youthful bust of Herakles faces right. He has a large nose, a prominent chin, pursed lips, and a slightly furrowed brow. He wears a headdress made of a lion’s pelt, with the paws tied around his neck. A border of dots surrounds the image..." from the article: Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great
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