Alexander the Great Drachm (Sardes?)

Obverse — head of young Herakles right in lion-skin headdress

Reverse — Zeus enthroned left with eagle and sceptre, ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ downward on right; vertical symbol (torch?) in left field, barred monogram beneath the throne

Attribution: Asia Minor (Lydia). Sardes. Alexander III of Macedon (lifetime or early posthumous issue). c. 334–319 BC (bracket for the Sardes drachm series; this coin's exact issue awaits the control-mark match). AR. drachm.

Obverse: Head of young Herakles right, wearing lion-skin headdress

Reverse: Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left, eagle on outstretched right hand, long sceptre in left; in left field, a vertical symbol (probably a torch — see notes); barred monogram beneath the throne

Weight: 4.17 g (my scale) (Weighed July 2026.) Reference: Price — (to be determined from the left-field symbol and throne monogram)

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