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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4907345, member: 99456&quot;][USER=77077]@Theodosius[/USER], a great Tetradrachm and your relief shot really highlights it - also a great idea for a thread with many very clearly illustrated high relief coins.</p><p>Here&#039;s an attempt to show off the relief on a tetradrachm - getting it to stand up on edge was the fun part of taking this photo:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1184180[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Alexander III of Macedon</b>, early posthumous issue of Babylon, struck under Perdikkas ca. 323-320 BC.</p><p><b>Obv: </b>Head of Heracles right, wearing lion-skin headdress</p><p><b>Rev:</b> BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; M in left field, ΛY below throne.</p><p><b><b>Size:</b> </b>24.3mm, 16.67g</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Price <a href="http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3692" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3692" rel="nofollow">3692</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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