TYPE Ancient Greece, Alexander III the Great of Macedon (336-323 BC), silver obol, Arados? (Phoenicia) mint, lifetime issue, 0.66g
DESCRIPTION .
Obv: Head of young Herakles to right, clad in lion skin
Rev: Zeus enthroned to left, holding scepter and eagle, mintmark before throne
REFERENCE: SG 6736 var., cf. Mul 1374
GRADING: VF / VF+, porous, scarce denomination, rare mint
ORDER INFO: G2617, $98
The standard design of Alexander's silver drachms and tetradrachms, as well as some smaller silver denominations, whose output was, however, far more limited in general and confined to fewer mints as well. Charming piece, with good detail visible on miniature flan, despite porosity. The mintmark appears unrecorded in Muller for an silver denominaations, and is associated only with staters of Arados.