Tetradrachm - Hephaistion In the name of Alexander III

Rhodes struck this issue in Alexander's name long after his death, a practice that persisted across the eastern Mediterranean as cities leveraged the prestige of Macedonian coinage for commercial credibility rather than any political allegiance. The specific attribution to the Hephaistion magistrate group — identified through control marks — places production squarely in the period following the First Cretan War, when Rhodian naval power was near its peak and the island's mint was operating at considerable volume to fund both trade and military operations.

By 190 BC, Roman pressure following Magnesia would fundamentally curtail Rhodian ambitions. This series ends roughly where that curtailment begins.