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Stater In the name of Alexander III, Amphipolis
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 307 BC - 300 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing right in high relief, wearing a Corinthian helmet pushed back on the head and adorned with a prominent upswept crest. The cheekpieces of the helmet are raised, revealing the goddess's finely rendered facial features with a strong profile. Elaborate curling locks of hair escape from beneath the helmet, cascading over the neck and behind the ear. The neck guard of the helmet is decorated with a serpent coil, and the goddess wears a beaded necklace visible at the throat. The overall style is characteristic of the refined Hellenistic engraving tradition associated with the Amphipolis mint. |
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| Reverse description | Nike, goddess of Victory, standing left in three-quarter view, her wings spread behind her. She extends her right hand forward to present a wreath, while her left hand holds a stylis (ship's sternpost ornament), an allusion to naval supremacy. In the left field, a trident head pointing downward serves as a mint control symbol. A monogram appears beneath her left wing. The legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ runs along the right field, denoting the coin's issue in the name of Alexander. The composition is elegant and well-centered, consistent with the high-quality die work of the Amphipolis mint during the post-Alexander period. |
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By 307–300 BC, Alexander had been dead for over a decade, yet Amphipolis continued striking gold staters in his name — a deliberate political choice by the Diadochi to borrow the legitimacy of a name that still commanded obedience across the former empire. The mint at Amphipolis was among the most prolific of the Successor-era Alexander stater producers, operating under the shifting control of Antipater, Cassander, and briefly Demetrius Poliorcetes during exactly this window.
Price 180 is a well-documented die marriage within the posthumous series. The Dewing specimen provides a useful comparative for surface quality on this emission.