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Stater In the name of Alexander III, Abydos
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 323 BC - 317 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse description | Nike (Victory) standing facing left, her large wings spread prominently behind her, clad in a chiton with flowing drapery rendered in fine incised folds. She extends her left arm forward, holding a naval standard or stylis, while her right arm is drawn back, and she advances in a striding pose conveying dynamic movement. In the left field, a monogram (likely the Abydos civic symbol) appears above a six-pointed star, serving as mint control marks. The Greek legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ runs vertically along the right field. The composition is executed in the refined high-relief style characteristic of the Alexandrine monetary series. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Abydos, controlling the narrowest crossing of the Hellespont, held strategic importance that guaranteed its mint activity well into the succession wars. These posthumous Alexanders — struck in Alexander's name after his death in Babylon in 323 BC — were a deliberate political tool, allowing the Diadochi to project continuity of authority while the empire fractured around them. The Abydos mint operated under shifting overlords during this window, passing between competing generals as Thrace and the straits changed hands repeatedly.
Price 1526 is distinguished by its specific monogram control mark, the detail that anchors attribution to Abydos rather than the numerous other mints producing near-identical types simultaneously.