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Æ Half Unit - Alexander III
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 336 BC - 323 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | A horse prancing or galloping vigorously to the right, depicted with raised forelegs and flowing mane, executed in confident, energetic relief typical of Macedonian bronze coinage of the reign of Alexander III. Below the horse, a small olive wreath is prominently placed in the lower field. The Greek legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ runs above or around the type in the field, identifying the issuing authority. The design is contained within the irregular round flan, with some weakness at the edges consistent with hand-struck hammered production. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Price 348 belongs to the civic bronze coinage struck during Alexander's reign for everyday transactions — the gold and silver issues funded the campaigns, but bronzes like this kept markets functioning from Macedon to the edges of the Persian empire. Production was distributed across multiple mints simultaneously as Alexander's administration expanded eastward, which complicates precise attribution of individual specimens to specific striking locations.