Tetradrachm - Alexander III the Great Myriandros

Myriandros — a coastal trading post on the northeastern corner of the Mediterranean, near the mouth of the Amanos pass — became a mint for Alexander's coinage as his army pushed east following the victory at Issus in 333 BC. The city's position on a major overland route into Syria made it a logical point for producing coin to pay troops and administer newly conquered territory. Price 3218 is among the better-documented issues from this mint, though Myriandros struck for a relatively short window before regional minting priorities shifted further east toward Babylon and Susa.