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Hemiobol - Kassandros
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 305 BC - 297 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse description | A horseman advancing to the right at a vigorous gallop, the rider raising his right arm in a gesture of command or salute. The Greek legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ above and ΚΑΣΣΑΝΔΡΟΥ below or around the type identifies the issuer as King Kassandros. A torch appears beneath the horse as a mint control symbol, consistent with the Amphipolis issue. A star or Macedonian starburst symbol is visible to the right of the horse in the field. |
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| Mint | Amphipolis |
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Kassandros ruled Macedonia not by dynastic right but through sheer political maneuvering — he was the son of Antipater, Alexander's regent, and spent years consolidating power before finally claiming the royal title in 305 BC, the same year Antigonus and several other Diadochi made the same move following the fiction of Alexander IV's continued reign. That fiction ended when Kassandros had the young king and his mother Roxane murdered around 310 BC, a fact he never publicly acknowledged.
The reign ended with his death from dropsy in 297 BC, after which Macedonia fractured almost immediately among his sons.