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Stater In the name of Alexander III, Sestos
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 305 BC |
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| Currency | Attic drachm |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Sestos |
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Struck at Sestos — the Thracian Chersonese mint active during the Lysimachean consolidation of power following Alexander's death — this issue postdates Alexander himself by nearly two decades. The "in the name of Alexander" convention was a deliberate political instrument: Lysimachus, securing control over Thrace and the Hellespont corridor, exploited Alexander's name to legitimize coinage from newly acquired mints. Sestos controlled one of the narrowest and most strategically vital Bosphorus crossings, making its mint output as much a geopolitical statement as a financial one.
Price 1217 is among the less frequently encountered Sestos staters in this series.