Alexander The Great, full Drachma, ancient coin. ROMAN AGE This item is being sold

This item is being sold by the Hamedian Gallery at Jerusalem

who replaced it with the hyperpyron

to restore order and quell the revolt

Icon of Mother of Sign

A narrative known as the Euthymiaca Historia (written probably by Cyril of Scythopolis in the 5th century) relates how the Emperor Marcianand his wife

Alexander The Great, full Drachma, ancient coin. ROMAN AGE This item is being soldSize: diameter= 2. 5cm. (1) inch. Drachms were the second most common Alexander silver denomination. Price illustrated 434 official Alexander drachms compared with 1,269 official tetradrachms that he illustrated. Though Price didn't estimate the number of tetradrachms minted, he did estimate the number of Alexander drachms minted in Asia Minor (where the vast majority of their production occurred) at 55 million, using a figure of 20,000 coins per die.