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Drachm In the name of Alexander III, Lampsakos
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 323 BC - 317 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Head of the youthful Herakles facing right, wearing the Nemean lion scalp headdress, the lion's mane rendered in bold, flowing locks framing the face. The facial features are finely modelled in the Hellenistic tradition, with a strong brow, prominent nose, and slightly parted lips. The scalp's paws are knotted at the throat, with the open jaws of the lion visible above the forehead. The field is unadorned, with no legend present on the obverse. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Struck at Lampsakos on the southern shore of the Hellespont, this issue belongs to the enormous posthumous coinage produced in Alexander's name following his death in Babylon in 323 BC. Lampsakos was a strategically critical mint — controlling the crossing point between Europe and Asia — and continued striking in Alexander's name under the successive control of his warring generals during the early Diadochi period. Price 1375 is identifiable by its specific mint control marks, the details of which Marin Price catalogued from die studies in his 1991 corpus.