Königreich Makedonien Tetradrachme ca. 317-301 v.Chr. Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC, Syria under Antigonos I, VF-EF

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Uncertain mint of Phoenicia or Syria, struck under Antigonos I Monophthalmos, circa 317-301 BC

Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress
AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle with closed wings in his extended right hand and scepter in his left; in left field, head of boar to left

The depiction of the boar's head as symbol is fascinating. It seems inexplicable how the ancient die cutters were able to cut the tiny hairs of the boar's fur into the die without precision magnifying glasses

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