Sicily Himera, Uncertain Silver Didrachm Cock & Crab Ca. 483-472 BC, 7.7 grams

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Item number: G083

Obv. Cockerel standing to left, HIMERA before 

Rev. Crab 

It's old coin toning and has smooth touch 

It's over 100 years old, maybe more since BC period 

Weight: 7.7 grams 

Size: 19.20 mm, 21.52 mm, uncirculated 

Obv. Alexander The Great III wearing lion skin right 

Rev. Zeus enthroned holding an eagle with right stretched hand and long scepter in left hand 

Historical Greek coin struck on good flan of silver, toning and smoothing 

Like this type of Tetradrachms considered life time minted in Antakya/Isos Erzin Turkey, or either in the city Myriandrus in Cilicia, Myriandrus was an ancient Phoenician Port on the Mediterranean Sea's Gulf of Alexandretta. It's ruins are located near the modern-city of Iskenderun belongs to Syria before occupied by Turkey after the first World War 1914-1918 

Weight: 17.1 grams 

Size: 24.40 mm