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Drachm - Antigonus I In the name of Alexander III; Colophon
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 310 BC - 301 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left on a backless throne, his upper body naked and lower body draped, holding an eagle on his outstretched right hand and a long sceptre upright in his left. The legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ runs along the right field. A Σ (sigma) control mark appears in the left field, and the letter N is positioned below the throne as a secondary control mark. The composition follows the canonical Alexander-type reverse typology established at the royal Macedonian mints. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ |
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Antigonus I Monophthalmus — "the One-Eyed" — struck this issue in Alexander's name as a deliberate political maneuver, asserting legitimacy during the Wars of the Diadochi while never having held Alexander's throne himself. Colophon, an Ionian Greek city on the Aegean coast, operated as a productive mint under Antigonid control through much of this period. The decade bracketed by these dates covers some of the most violent succession conflicts of the ancient world, ending only with Antigonus's death at Ipsus in 301 BC, where he was killed in battle against a coalition of rival successors at roughly eighty years old.