KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’, 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 34 mm, 16.22 g, 12 h), Mesembria, Diod..., magistrate, circa 100-72. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - [A]ΛEΞANΔPOY / MΕΣΑΜ Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; in inner left field, ΔΙΟΔ. Karayotov - (O96/R-). Price -, cf. 1128. An apparently unpublished variety. Struck from slightly worn dies and with some doubling, otherwise, very fine.



This piece demonstrates that the official's name should not be completed as Dionysios, as assumed by Karayotov, but rather as Diodoros or Diodotos.