Aradus (Alexander the Great), bronze, c. 6.5g (Heracles/club & bowcase) (324/3-320 BCE)

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324 BCE - 320 BCE Bronze

Description
Obverse: Head of Heracles right, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress.
Reverse: (BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek).Club and bow in bowcase, above, torch.
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Aradus Ancient region: Phoenicia Modern country: Syria Authority: Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
Chronology
From 324 BCE to 320 BCE Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org
Physical description
Metal: Bronze Nomisma.org Median weight in grams 6.50 Denomination: Standard:
Image
]]S37 aradus alexander bronze.jpg [1]
References
Die study reference: "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Duyrat 2005, p. 17, n° 133-134 (Group IV, Series 1) et p. 30, n° 870-873 (Group IV, Series 11)
Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 10, n° 85, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Price 1991, n° 3311
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Obverse dies distribution
Frequency ᵖ Number of obverses ᵖ (o) % (o) Number of coins (n) % (n) Die name
1 6 100 6 100 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Total 6 of 6 100 6 of 6 100
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Remarks


References

  1. ^  Duyrat, Frédérique (2005), Arados hellénistique. Etude historique et monétaire, Beirut
  2. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 10. handbook of coins of the Southern Levant : Phoenicia, southern Koile Syria (including Judaea), and Arabia, Lancaster-London, lxxix, 201 p.
  3. ^  Price, Martin Jessop (1991), The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus: a British Museum Catalogue, 2 vol., Zürich-London, 637 p., 637 p., clix pl.