Colophon, a coastal Ionian city with a long history of independent coinage, became one of several western Anatolian mints pressed into service following Alexander's campaigns — its output helping to monetize territories that were still digesting the sudden collapse of Achaemenid administrative control. Price 1822 falls within the posthumous series, struck after Alexander's death in June 323 BC, when his generals continued issuing in his name to maintain continuity and pay troops during the fractious early Diadochi period.
The brevity of the attributable window — closing around 319 BC — ties this piece to the immediate succession crisis preceding Antipater's death.
Colophon, a coastal Ionian city with a long history of independent coinage, became one of several western Anatolian mints pressed into service following Alexander's campaigns — its output helping to monetize territories that were still digesting the sudden collapse of Achaemenid administrative control. Price 1822 falls within the posthumous series, struck after Alexander's death in June 323 BC, when his generals continued issuing in his name to maintain continuity and pay troops during the fractious early Diadochi period.
The brevity of the attributable window — closing around 319 BC — ties this piece to the immediate succession crisis preceding Antipater's death.