Tetradrachm - Cassander In the name of Alexander III, Amphipolis

Cassander, regent and then effective ruler of Macedonia, continued striking Alexander-type tetradrachms in the conqueror's name long after Alexander's death in 323 BC — a deliberate political calculation, not administrative inertia. Legitimacy in the Successor wars ran through Alexander's image, and Amphipolis was the most productive mint in Macedonia for this type throughout Cassander's tenure. Price 491 falls within a well-documented emission sequence from that mint, identifiable by specific monograms in the field.

Cassander never claimed the Macedonian kingship outright until 305 BC, yet these coins circulated as royal currency for years before that moment.