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Stater In the name of Alexander III, Miletus
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 295 BC - 275 BC |
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| Weight | 8.53 g |
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| Reverse description | Nike (Victory) standing facing, her head turned slightly to the left, with large spread wings rising behind her. She extends her right arm forward to place a wreath, while her left hand holds a naval standard (stylis). To the left of the field appears the civic monogram of Miletus within a circle, below which is a billhook or labrys symbol serving as a mint control mark. The Greek legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ runs vertically along the right margin of the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Translation: Alexander (III, the Great)) |
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Struck well after Alexander's death in 323 BC, this Milesian issue belongs to the extensive posthumous series produced by the successor states and autonomous cities that continued exploiting Alexander's name and types for commercial credibility. Miletus, a major Ionian port with deep ties to Aegean trade networks, minted these pieces during a period when the city passed between Antigonid, Ptolemaic, and Seleucid spheres of influence. Price 2146 is a documented variety within that posthumous corpus, catalogued by Martin Price in his 1991 corpus of Alexander coinage.