Alexander III, Colophon, AR Drachm

Head of Alexander III, as Herakles, wearing lion-skin.
ALEXANDROU, Zeus seated left holding eagle in right hand, 
sceptre in left; crescent and forepart of lion before; 
crescent and forepart of lion left in left field; 
pentagram beneath throne, 

Price 1843

It has been suggested that coins attributed to the Colophon 
mint were likely actually struck in Pergumum.

Contributed by Russell Stanley, August 2011.