The portrait in right profile of Alexander the Great is surrounded with the legend "Alexander the Great King of the Macedons".

Alexander III of Macedon (356–323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king (basileus) of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia and a member of the Argead dynasty. He spent most of his ruling years on an unprecedented military campaign through Asia and northeast Africa, and he had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world by the age of thirty, stretching from Greece to northwestern India. He was undefeated in battle and is widely considered one of history's most successful military commanders.

Engraver: V. Sampatakos

A sixteen rays Vergina Sun is surrounded with the facial value and the inscription "Republic of Greece".

The Vergina Sun (also known as the "Star of Vergina", "Macedonian Star" or "Argead Star") is a rayed solar symbol appearing in ancient Greek art of the period between the 6th and 2nd centuries BC. The Vergina Sun proper has sixteen triangular rays, while comparable symbols of the same period variously have sixteen, twelve, eight or (rarely) six rays.

The name "Vergina Sun" refers specifically to archaeological excavations in and around the small town of Vergina, in northern Greece, during the late 1970s, when the symbol came to prominence. In older references, the name "Argead Star" or "Star of the Argeadai" is used for the Sun as the royal symbol of the Argead dynasty of Macedon. There it was depicted on a golden larnax found in a 4th-century BC royal tomb belonging to either Philip II or Philip III of Macedon, the father and half-brother of Alexander the Great, respectively.