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Tetradrachm - Astytimos In the name of Alexander III
| Issuer | Chios (Ionia) |
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| Year | 190 BC - 165 BC |
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| Weight | 16.62 g |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left on a backless throne, his body draped from the waist, holding an eagle on his outstretched right hand and a long sceptre in his raised left hand. In the left field, a monogram appears above a sphinx seated left upon a horizontal amphora, serving as the civic badge of Chios. The magistrate's name ΑΣΤΥΤΙΜΟΣ appears in the exergue, while the dynastic legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ runs along the right field. The composition follows the canonical posthumous Alexandrine reverse type with Chiot civic symbols identifying the issuing mint. |
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| Mint | Chios |
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Chios maintained enough autonomy under Seleucid and later Pergamene influence to continue striking posthumous Alexanders into the second century BC, using the prestige of that coinage to facilitate trade across the eastern Aegean. The magistrate name Astytimos appears on a small cluster of dies catalogued under Price 2440, placing this issue within a tightly dated phase of the island's output.
Chian examples from this period are distinguished by local control marks that allow attribution to the island with confidence — a rarity among posthumous Alexander series, where mint attribution is often contested.