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Stater In the name of Alexander III
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 330 BC - 320 BC |
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| Weight | 8.63 g |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Athena in right profile, rendered in fine high relief characteristic of early Macedonian royal coinage. The goddess wears a Corinthian helmet pushed back on her head, adorned with a crested plume sweeping dramatically to the left and decorated with a coiled serpent on the bowl. Her hair flows in carefully articulated locks beneath the helmet's cheek-guard, and a beaded necklace is visible at the truncation of the neck. The portrait exhibits the idealized Hellenic style associated with the Macedonian royal workshops of the late 4th century BC. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ |
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Alexander's gold staters were struck at mints across his expanding empire as he moved east, serving as the primary medium for paying his army — a force that at its peak numbered over 120,000 men. The logistical weight of that payroll in gold was staggering. Price 3128 is attributed to the Amphipolis mint, the most prolific of the Macedonian gold-striking facilities, which had been producing royal coinage since Philip II seized the city from Athens in 357 BC.
Dies from this period were cut by craftsmen moving with or supplying the campaign, which accounts for the subtle stylistic shifts collectors use to sequence issues within the decade.