Alexander the Great Silver Tetradrachm, Hellenistic Period, c. 315 - 294 BCE Medium - Glass this piece was core-formed

this piece was core-formed

The spherical cage encloses a free-moving clapper

Provenance: Paul I

and suspension loop

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Alexander the Great Silver Tetradrachm, Hellenistic Period, c. 315 - 294 BCE Medium - Glass this piece was core-formedAlexander the Great Silver Tetradrachm Kingdom of Macedon, Hellenistic Period, ca. 315294 BCE Tarsos Mint, Cilicia (modern Turkey) Lifetime issue. NCG CH F 5 5 2 5, brushed. The obverse depicts a portrait of Heracles, the greatest warrior hero of ancient Greek mythology, facing right, wearing the famed lion skin headdress. The reverse depicts the divine Zeus, king of the Gods on Mount Olympus and father of Heracles, seated on a throne facing left, one