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Stater In the name of Alexander III, Sardes
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 322 BC - 318 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Nike, goddess of victory, standing facing with head turned to the left, her large wings fully spread in a symmetrical display. In her outstretched right hand she holds a laurel wreath, and in her left hand a stylis (ship's stern ornament), emblematic of naval victory. The primary legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ runs along the right field, identifying the coin as issued in the name of Alexander. To the left, a monogram TI enclosed within a circle serves as a mint control mark, while an ivy leaf appears below the right wing as a secondary symbol. The composition is characteristic of the canonical Alexander stater type struck at Sardes. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΤΙ (Translation: Alexander (III, the Great)) |
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Struck at Sardes in the immediate aftermath of Alexander's death in 323 BC, this issue falls within the transitional period when his generals — the Diadochi — were still nominally administering the empire in the name of the Argead dynasty. Coins continued to be struck in Alexander's name not out of loyalty but out of monetary necessity; his types had become the dominant trade currency across the eastern Mediterranean and breaking from them would have undermined market confidence immediately.
Price 2609 is attributed to the Sardes mint based on specific control marks. Sardes had been a Persian satrapal capital before Alexander took it in 334 BC, and its mint infrastructure was inherited almost intact from the Achaemenids.