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English: object type: Greek coin

- production technique: struck - issuing authority: ruler: Macedonia, king Alexandros III - ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ - mint: Macedonia - period / date: ca. 330-320 BC - material: gold - denomination: distater - weight: 17.21 gr - description obverse: head of Athena wearing Corinthian helmet - description reverse: Nike holding stylis and wreath - inscription (Greek): ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY - mintmark / additional symbol: kantharos - museum / inventory number: London, British Museum 1987,0649.91 - bibliographic / online references: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1987-0649-91 - Price, The Coinage in the name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arridhaeus. A British Museum Catalogue 1991), (167c)

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