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Drachm In the name of Alexander III, Kolophon
| Issuer | Mint of Kolophon |
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| Year | 310 BC - 301 BC |
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| Currency | Attic drachm |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left on a low backless throne, his body draped, holding an eagle perched on his outstretched right hand and a long sceptre upright in his left hand. In the left field, a crescent symbol appears as a mint control mark. Beneath the throne, the Greek letter Π serves as a secondary control mark. The Greek legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ runs along the right field, reading downward, denoting Alexander's name in the genitive case. |
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| Mint | Kolophon |
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Kolophon's Alexander-type drachms were struck during the Wars of the Diadochi, the brutal succession conflict that tore apart Alexander's empire following his death in 323 BC. By the time this issue was produced, Kolophon — an Ionian city with a long tradition of silver coinage — was operating under the shifting authority of various successor commanders, and the continued use of Alexander's name carried political weight well after any living king bore it.
Price 1813 places this issue firmly within the post-Alexander civic output of the Asia Minor mints. The Copenhagen reference confirms die links documented in the Scandinavian collections, which hold an unusually dense concentration of Kolophon material.