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Stater - Antigonus I In the name of Alexander III, Babylon
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 317 BC - 311 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing right, rendered in high relief in the Hellenistic style. The goddess wears a Corinthian helmet adorned with a prominent upswept crest and decorated cheekpieces, with flowing locks of hair visible beneath the helmet falling onto the neck. The facial features are finely modelled with a sharp profile, reflecting the refined die-cutting associated with the Babylonian mint under Antigonus I. The neck is draped, and the overall composition fills the flan with commanding artistic presence. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Antigonus I Monophthalmus — "the One-Eyed" — controlled Babylon during this period while maneuvering against the other Diadochi in the wars that followed Alexander's death in 323 BC. Issuing coinage in Alexander's name rather than his own was a deliberate political calculation: it projected legitimacy and continuity at a moment when no single successor had yet consolidated enough power to strike in his own right without inviting immediate challenge.
Price 3736 places this issue firmly within the Babylonian sequence identifiable by specific control marks. Antigonus abandoned the pretense entirely after Ipsus became inevitable — his son Demetrius would eventually strike in his own name from the same mint.