Stater In the name of Alexander III, Abydos

Abydos, positioned at the narrowest crossing of the Hellespont, served as one of Alexander's critical logistical nodes during his initial push into Asia in 334 BC. Issues struck there in his name continued well after his death in 323 BC, as his successors — the Diadochi — perpetuated the Alexander coinage type to maintain commercial confidence and pay troops during the wars of succession. This piece falls squarely within that posthumous production window, minted while Lysimachus effectively controlled the Hellespontine region.

Price 1550 places this among a documented group from the Abydos mint identifiable by specific control marks.