Stater In the name of Alexander III, Sinope

By the time these staters were struck at Sinope, Alexander himself had been dead for nearly a century. The city, a major Black Sea port with its own strong coinage tradition, continued producing Alexander-type gold well into the early second century under the Successors' shadow — not from loyalty to any Macedonian king, but because the Alexander stater had become the dominant trade currency across the eastern Mediterranean and Pontic regions. Sinope's mint was pragmatic above all else.

Price 1218 is attributable by its specific die combination and control marks.