Object Description
A fine Alexander the Great silver tetradrachm set in a modern 18kt gold frame. The pendant comprises of a hollow-formed U-shaped silver hoop which twists at the top into a small loop and expands at the sides into two enlarged terminals, pierced to accommodate a separate gold bar for the swivel. The hoop is enriched by four equally spaced bands of twisted silver wire and holds an additional suspension loop at the top. The front of the pendant features the coin’s obverse, which depicts the profile head of Alexander the Great dressed as Herakles, wearing the Nemean lion-skin headdress. The reverse displays the Greek god Zeus enthroned facing left, holding an eagle in his right hand and a sceptre in his left. The Greek inscription [ΑΛ]ΕΞΑΝ∆Ρ[ΟΥ] is written vertically to the right of the figure of Zeus. Written in the genitive case Alexandr -ou, the inscription translates as ‘[the coinage] of Alexander’.
Date: Circa 336-323 BC