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Chalkon In the name of Alexander III, Miletus
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 323 BC - 319 BC |
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| Weight | 6.4 g |
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| Obverse description | Facing right, youthful head of Herakles wearing the lion-skin headdress, the scalp tied beneath the chin, with naturalistically rendered curling locks framing the face. The modeling reflects the idealized Lysippan-influenced style characteristic of early Macedonian bronze coinage issued in the name of Alexander III. A dotted border encircles the design within the coin's irregular round flan. |
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| Reverse description | A kithara (lyre) depicted in the upper field, rendered in outline style with clearly articulated strings and crossbar, serving as the civic badge of Miletus. Beneath it appears a club or thunderbolt symbol, with a palm branch in the lower field. The Greek legend AΛEΞANΔΡOY is inscribed horizontally across the central field, identifying the issue as being in the name of Alexander. The composition is characteristic of Milesian bronze coinage struck posthumously in Alexander's name during the early Diadoch period. |
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Miletus was among the Greek cities that continued striking bronze coinage in Alexander's name after his death in Babylon in June 323 BC, during the regency of Philip III Arrhidaeus. These issues belong to the chaotic interval before the Diadochi wars fractured the empire beyond recovery. Price 2102 is a Milesian civic bronze, not a royal mint product, meaning local magistrates retained meaningful control over small-denomination production even as Macedonian successors fought over the larger silver coinage.