KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’, 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 17.07 g, 2 h), Uranopolis (?), under Alexarchos, circa 310-297. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. [Α]ΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle with closed wings in right; to left, star on cone above X; below throne, Π below strut. Ehrhardt 62. Price 514. Nicely toned. Very fine.


This coinage was likely minted in Uranopolis under Alexarchos (circa 350-290 BC), a brother the Macedonian king Kassander, who is said to have founded a utopian community there.