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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Babylon, Satrapy of |
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| Year | 328 BC - 311 BC |
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| Diameter | 22 mm |
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| Mint | Babylon |
| Mintage | ND (328 BC - 311 BC) |
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These tetradrachms were struck under Macedonian authority during and after Alexander the Great's occupation of Babylon, one of the wealthiest cities in the ancient world and a mint of enormous strategic importance. Alexander himself died there in 323 BC, and production continued under his successors during the fractious years of the Diadochi wars — meaning coins from the later end of this range were issued amid active disputes over who actually controlled the satrapy.
The Babylon mint is notable for producing some of the earliest posthumous Alexander-type coinage, making precise attribution within this date range genuinely contested among specialists.