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Drachm In the name of Alexander III, Abydos
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 301 BC - 297 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Price#1586 |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Translation: Alexander (III, the Great)) |
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Struck at Abydos — the strategic Hellespontine city controlling the narrowest crossing between Europe and Asia — this issue dates to the turbulent years immediately following the death of Antigonus I Monophthalmus at Ipsus in 301 BC. The Wars of the Diadochi had left the region contested, and coinage continued to be struck in Alexander's name long after his death as a matter of commercial convention and political legitimacy rather than dynastic continuity. Price 1586 is attributed to the Abydos mint based on characteristic die-link evidence assembled by Martin Price in his 1991 corpus.