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Stater - Philip III In the name of Alexander III, Miletus
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 323 BC - 319 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Translation: Alexander (III, the Great)) |
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| Mint | Miletus |
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Philip III Arrhidaeus, a half-brother of Alexander the Great, was proclaimed king immediately after Alexander's death in Babylon in 323 BC — largely because he was present, male, and pliable. His coinage was struck in Alexander's name and types throughout, a deliberate political fiction maintaining continuity for an empire already fracturing under the Diadochi. Miletus, a major Ionian mint with long experience striking Alexandrine gold, produced this stater under those conditions.
Philip III was murdered on Olympias's orders in 319 BC, closing the brief window this issue represents.