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Stater In the name of Alexander III, Abydos
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 310 BC - 301 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Translation: Alexander (III, the Great)) |
| Edge | Plain |
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After Alexander's death in 323 BC, his generals scrambled to maintain legitimacy by continuing to strike coinage in his name. Abydos, the strategically critical city at the Hellespont narrows, operated under shifting control during the Wars of the Diadochi — passing between Antigonus and Lysimachus during precisely the years this stater was produced. The mint's output in Alexander's posthumous name was a deliberate political statement: whoever controlled the Hellespont crossing controlled the coinage, and whoever controlled the coinage projected royal continuity.
Price 1536 is a relatively scarce attribution within the posthumous series.