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Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar drachm, accession number 8-7795, described as Coin. Silver drachma. Greek. (3.05 gms; 17 mm.) Alexander the Great. Obverse: Herakles head facing right, in lion’s skin. Reverse: Zeus enthroned, seated facing left, in right hand eagle, in left scepter; inscription and mint marks illegible.

Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar drachm, accession number 8-7796, described as Coin. Silver drachma. Greek. (4.20 gms.; 18 mm.) Alexander the Great. Obverse: Herakles head facing right in lion’s skin. Reverse: Illegible. Zeus seated on throne facing left, holding eagle in right hand, scepter in left; in left field, K; crescent under throne.

Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar drachm, accession number 8-6687, described as Coin: Silver Drachma; diameter: 17 mm.; weight: 5 grams; condition: fine. Obverse: Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, scepter in left hand. amphora (left field); monogram (beneath throne).

Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar drachm, accession number 8-5687, described as Coin. Greek. Silver drachma. Alexander the Great. Obverse: Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, scepter in left hand. crescent (left field); monogram (beneath throne)

Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar drachm, accession number 8-4421, described as Coin; AR; Drachma; Greek. 4.10 grams, 18 mm. Alexander the Great, 330-323 BC. Obverse: bust of Heracles r. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l., eagle on outstretched right hand, scepter in left hand; to l., thunderbolt; beneath throne, monogram.

Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar drachm (barbarous imitation), accession number 8-7794, described as Coin. Silver drachma. Greek. (2.04 grams; 17 mm.) Barbarian imitation of Alexander the Great. Obverse: Barbarous rendering of head of Heracles, facing right. Reverse: Zeus seated facing left. Monogram in field left and symbol in field right.

Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar drachm (barbarous imitation), accession number 8-4490, described as Coin; AR; Drachm; Greek. 3.11 grams, 19 mm. Obverse: head of Herakles r. Reverse: Zeus enthroned, l; in exergue, mint marks. Remarks: "Barbarous imitation of Alexander the Great.

Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar hemidrachm, accession number 8-7798, described as Coin; Silver; hemidrachma; 15.6 mm; 2.1850 grams; condition, good. Obverse: Head of Zeus, facing right, in beaded circle; ΑΙΓΙΕWΝ in field left of head. Reverse: monogram (Alpha Chi) in laurel wreath; in field, untranscribable symbols.

Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar hemidrachm, accession number 8-4448, described as Coin; AR; Hemidrachm; Greek. 2.5143 grams, 17 mm. Condition: excellent. 191-146 BC. Elis, Greece. Obverse: Head of Zeus r. Reverse: monogram in wreath; thunderbolt below; in field three monograms.

Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar hemidrachm, accession number 8-5562, described as Coin; AR; Hemidrachm; Greece. 2.55 grams, 16 mm. Ainis, Greece. 302-286 BC. Obverse: Head of Zeus l. Reverse: ΑΙ]ΝΙΑΝ ΩΝ, warrior, petasus in left hand, hurls javelin with right.